Judge: "You refused that?"
Manuela: "No, sir. I should have been glad to go to a convent."
Judge: "You, however, accepted his third proposal, namely, that you should be under his protection?"
Manuela: "I was thankful for his protection when I saw Estéban coming."
Judge: "I have no doubt of that. You had reason to fear Don Bartolomé's resentment?"
Manuela: "I knew that Estéban intended to murder me."
Judge: "Don Bartolomé overtook you. You were riding before the Englishman on his horse?"
Manuela: "Yes. I could not walk. I was ill."
Judge: "Don Bartolomé remained with you until the Englishman ran away?"
Manuela: "He did not run away. Why should he? He went away on his own affairs."