"Then he led us thither, and by his orders we carried off the señora and brought her here to Crevel's, while Diego went off with another girl."
"Another, do you say?"
"Oh, Heaven!" Maria exclaimed.
"But who was it? Will you answer?" Leon commanded him, with a rough shake.
"On my word, captain, it was Doña Inez, the sister of Doña Maria."
"Malediction!" Leon said, furiously.
"Oh, my sister!—my poor sister!"
"The infamous fellow!" the young man continued; "what frightful treachery! Henceforth all ties are broken between us. This, then, was the vengeance he coveted!"
Then, addressing the German, who was looking at him anxiously, he said—
"Wilhelm, there is not a moment to lose; assemble our men, and let them all be here within an hour."