Judge: "Why so?"
Manuela: "I cannot tell you any more about him."
Judge: "You refuse?"
Manuela: "Yes."
Judge: "The court places its interpretation upon your silence." (He looked painfully round as if he regretted the absence of the proper means of extracting answers. Manvers heard Gil Perez curse him under his breath.)
The Judge made lengthy notes upon the margin of his docquet, and then proceeded.
Judge: "The young gentleman, Don Bartolomé Ramonez, first saw you at the fair of Salamanca in 1859?"
Manuela: "Yes."
Judge: "He saw you often, and followed you to Valladolid, where his father Don Luis lived?"
Manuela: "Yes."