The alférez shrugged his shoulders.
“Are you speaking of Elias?”
“No, no! I’m speaking of a great peril!”
“Well, finish then!” cried the exasperated alférez.
The curate lowered his voice mysteriously:
“I have discovered a conspiracy!”
The alférez gave a spring and looked at the curate in stupefaction.
“A terrible conspiracy, well organized, that is to break out to-night!”
The alférez rushed across the room, took down his sabre from the wall, and grasped his revolver.
“Whom shall I arrest?” he cried.