''Adéle!' cried Mr. Livermore, overcome with delight, as he rushed into my room, 'Adéle, HE HAS FOUND IT!'
Pepito followed Arthur with his sharp eye, and on beholding Adéle, asked me, in a low tone:
''Who is that lady, Caballero?'
''I can not say; I myself never saw her until to-day,' said I; and noticing his gaze riveted on her in apparent admiration, I added:
''Do you think her pretty?'
''Pretty! Holy Virgin! she is lovely enough to make a man risk his salvation to win her.'
'Feeling that my presence might be one of those superfluities with which they would gratefully dispense, I was on the point of leaving, when there was a knock at the door. Again Adéle sought refuge in my room, and again Arthur advanced to the door:
''Open, it is I,' said a voice from the outside; 'I have come to inquire after my friend Pepito.'
''Señor,' exclaimed Pepito, 'that must be my compadre, Pedro.'
'On the door being opened, they flew to one another's arms, and gave a true Mexican embrace.