"General Don Pedro and Colonel Don Juan de Soto-Mayor," the Indian replied.
A smile of triumph played round the half-breed's lips.
"Let them come! let them come!" he said.
"Does my brother, Tahi-Mari, consent to receive them?"
"Yes," Diego continued, assuming his Indian stoicism. "My brother will assemble the great chiefs around the council-fire, and I will come thither."
Shounon-Kouiretzi bowed and retired.
"The betrothed and the brother. They have arrived too late," Diego said, so soon as he was alone.
And he left the hut, in order to preside at the council. Inez was motionless on the couch of Tahi-Mari, the great chief of the Araucanos.