"What is discovered? I assure you I know nothing of it," answered Don Alfonso.
"I have come with the intention of helping you. If you wish me to be of any service to you, you must give me your entire confidence."
"But I assure you I refused to have anything to do with it, and would not listen to what he wished to tell me."
"The Senor Evaña spent the evening with you?"
"Yes, he did, but I kept my daughter with me, he could not speak with me."
"And the letter from your brother, did you return it to him?"
"What letter?"
"The letter he brought to show you last week."
"Mi Dios! Why should I return it to him? Why should I give him my letters? I burned it."
"You did badly, and you should have listened to the Señor Evaña this evening, he had something important to tell you."