Silencio took the note which she reached out to him.
"You will dismount and let me send for some fruit, some coffee?"
"I thank you, Señor, I must hasten; I am going to El Cuco."
"That is not so far," said Don Gil, smiling.
"No, but I then have to ride a long way back to—"
"To—?"
"To San Isidro."
"The Señorita takes roundabout ways. Is she then carrying messages all about the country?"
"Oh, no, Señor," said Agueda, smiling frankly. "When I go back to San Isidro I go to my home. I live there."