[CHAPTER VIII]
EVAÑA'S DREAM
It was long past nightfall ere the Viceroy, wearied with the day's anxieties, returned to his official residence at the fort. As he crossed the drawbridge he was joined by Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon.
"I come to congratulate you, Don Santiago, on the happy result of the day," said Don Roderigo.
"Ah! Don Roderigo, is it you?" said the Viceroy. "I have looked for you several times to-day. How is it that you never came with the other members of the Cabildo?"
"I knew what they purposed doing and chose to take no part in it. I like not these popular demonstrations."
"But the people were with me entirely."
"By good fortune, and owing to the firmness of Don Cornelio. But after all we have only just escaped a great catastrophe."