"Queer enough."
"Yet sister says that the general was not to blame, in any respect."
"Yes, I took good care to be satisfied of that," said the father, who had indeed made it the subject of inquiry. "Had he been guilty of deceiving that beautiful and high-born lady, he should never have entered my doors again. I should have despised him."
"He seems very fond of Isabella," continued the boy, after a brief silence.
"Fond of her!"
"Yes, and she of him," said Ruez.
"Lorenzo Bezan fond of my daughter, and she of him?"
"Why, yes, father; I don't see anything so very strange, do you?"
"Do I? Lorenzo Bezan is but a nameless adventurer—a—a—"
"Stop, father—a lieutenant-governor, and the queen's favorite."