"Do you know where he gets it?" Grahame asked thoughtfully.
"So far, we have not found out. But it is foreign money, and he must give what belongs to the country in exchange."
"An easy plan!" Walthew said. "Makes the country pay for keeping him in power. I guess you'll have to meet the bill when you get in."
"That is so," Don Martin agreed. "It forces our hand. We must get in before he leaves us no resources at all."
Grahame thought of Cliffe, and wondered about his business with Gomez; but he decided to say nothing of this.
"Is Castillo still at liberty?" he asked.
"He is watched, but we have been able to protect him. A man of passion and fervor who will rouse the people when the right time comes."
"But perhaps not a good plotter?"
Father Agustin gave Grahame a shrewd glance.
"We do not all possess your northern self-restraint, though one admits its value. Señor Castillo follows a poetical ideal."