"A friend of mine?" the young man repeated.
"Or, at any rate, of a man who gives himself out as such."
"I only know one man in this country," the Colonel replied distinctly, "who, despite the opinions that divide us, can justly assume that title."
"And that man is?"
"The Jaguar."
"Do you feel a friendship for him?"
"Yes."
"But he is a bandit."
"Possibly he is so to you, General; from your point of sight, it is possible that you are right. I neither descry his character, nor condemn him; I am attached to him, for he saved my life."
"But you fight against him, for all that."