'Does his Excellency know of this?' she asked.
'Know of what, my dear girl?'
'About these plots?' she asked impatiently.
'I don't suppose he thinks about them.'
'All the more reason why we should,' Dolores said emphatically.
'Of course. There are lots of foreign fellows always staying here,' Sarrasin said, more in the tone of one who asks a question than in that of one who makes an assertion.
'Yes—yes—of course,' Dolores answered.
'I wonder, now, if you would be able to pick out a South American foreigner from the ordinary Spanish or Italian foreigner?'
'Oh, yes—I think so,' Dolores answered after a second or two of consideration. 'Moustache more curled—nose more thick—general air of swagger.'
'Yes—you haven't hit it off badly at all. Well, keep a look-out for any such, and give me the straight tip as soon as you can—and keep your eyes and your senses well about you.'