At this moment Harry cried out in a loud voice,
"Stop, Captain Lopez—stop, for God's sake! This is a mistake—a terrible mistake."
Lopez turned round in a fury.
"Gag that devil!" he roared.
In a moment the soldiers had seized Harry and bound a bandage over his mouth, by which they effectually stopped any further remarks.
The last chance yet remained which Brooke might seize for Talbot—it was to divulge her secret and tell about her disguise. To divulge it to this euraged and furious chieftain might now only render him ten times more furious and vengeful; it might only aggravate the doom of the prisoner; but the risk must be run.
"Stop!" cried Brooke. "Señor captain, listen. It's a mistake—She is—"
"Silence," roared Lopez, "or I'll blow your brains out!"
"Señor, this priest is not—"
"Seize this fellow!" yelled Lopez. "Bind him! Gag him!"