“Because he was afraid of him. I knew this, and I didn’t want to scare him.”
“When you saw that he was going, why didn’t you warn him that it might be El Bizco?”
“It never occurred to me.”
“What did you do when you heard Vidal’s outcry?”
“I ran out to the restaurant veranda together with three women and the Cripple, and from there we saw Vidal and El Bizco on the little island, fighting.”
“How did you know it was they?”
“From Vidal’s cry, and also because he was wearing a white Cordovan hat.”
“What time was it when this happened?”
“I couldn’t say exactly. It was just getting dark.”
“How did you recognize El Bizco?”