Felipe was silent.
"Answer me; mind you, your life's at stake."
"Partly he did."
"Partly, you say. What do you mean? Who else?"
"Partly myself."
"You young scallywag! What did you want to kill me for?"
Felipe hesitated, but he felt the knee of the man who had him down begin to press harder again. "Because of Josefa," he said, with evident reluctance.
"Explain yourself, you idiot. Because of Josefa? Why, it was I who saved her. Don't you know that much?"
"You took her away," said Felipe sulkily.