"Well, go now, and let that be all," he said. "Take along with you the candy, Margarita."
Francisco lifted the child onto his shoulder. "I will carry you some," he said. "Did you want to go away from Nellie and Walter?" he asked in Spanish.
"No, only till next week," she replied. "Hernando said that there in his home were pretty dolls—oh, such pretty dolls that Veronica had for me—and many bright rings. He said that Dionysio had told him to take me there."
"But, 'Rita, do you not know that the other day Dionysio said you should never go to Veronica."
"Yes; but perhaps to-day it was different, I thought."
"He would perhaps never have brought you back. You must promise not again to go away with anybody."
"He carried me."
"Oh, well, I believe he meant to steal you. Veronica would have beaten you, 'Rita."
"I am glad not to have gone with him," said the child. "Let me walk now."