"Yes."
"Ver' well. You shall not go away for one hour time. After that——" he took off his slouch hat with a sweeping bow — "you may go to hell!"
Behind him the bushes parted, closed.
Jose Quintana had made his adieux.
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Episode Nine
The Forest and Mr. Sard
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I
When at last Jose Quintana has secured what he had been after for years, his troubles really began. In his pocket he had two million dollars worth of gems, including the Flaming Jewel.