BANDITS
“El Montes” had just come out of Ocaña.
He was a Manchegan, tall, strong, robust, and had been in the penitentiary several times.
“And how do we manage ‘El Montes’?” asked Cæsar.
“We make him a servant at the Workmen’s Club.”
“He will corrupt the place.”
“Yes, that’s true. Then at the right moment we shall send him to the Café del Comercio. They gamble at that café; he can go there and in two or three days call a halt on ‘Driveller’ Juan.” “Good.”
“We must arrange for you to dismiss the new judge and put in some friend of yours, and one fine day we will get a quarrel started and we will put all Father Martin’s friends in jail.”
“You two play atrocious politics,” said Alzugaray, who was listening to the conversation.
“It’s the only kind that will work,” replied Ortigosa. “This is scientific politics. Ruffianism converted into philosophy. We are playing a game of chess with Father Martin and we are going to see if we can’t win it.”