"The Princess Carlota?"
"No such luck. But what do you know of the Princess Carlota?"
"Oh! I know things. I know more than you think."
"Then as you are so wise I will tell you. A new Viceroy has come from Spain."
"A new Viceroy!" exclaimed Dolores; then, breaking from him she ran before him to the verandah.
"Mamma!" said she, "great news, there is a new Viceroy, who has come out from Spain. Now we shall be all quiet again, there will be no more quarrels, papa said so, don't you remember?"
As she spoke, Don Carlos started to his feet, and Don Manuel Belgrano, biting his lip pressed his hand upon the breast of his coat, in the pocket of which there was a thick roll of paper.
Marcelino, bending over his mother, kissed her, and then turned to shake hands with his two friends, who stood silent, waiting for him to speak.
"It is true," he said, as he held their hands in his. "Last week Don Baltazar Hidalgo de Cisneros arrived in Monte Video, bringing his appointment by the Junta of Seville as Viceroy of Buenos Aires. When I tell you that Don Martin Alzaga is already his confidential friend I tell you all."
"Don Martin Alzaga! But he is in Patagones," said Doña Constancia.