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 "This seemed to appease him a little.—"Certainly, what shall we do!" repeated he with a deep sigh. "We are only in the middle of the month, and must quietly wait the beginning of the next. Will you then go with me?"

"I informed him, that I would ask leave, if the galiots which were to carry me with the regiment to which I belonged to Mexico, did not fail before."

—"Good God!" exclaimed he, "I could never have thought it; I would not have told you a syllable. But I hope, you will keep secresy. I like you from my heart, without knowing why; I offer you my friendship. Don't wave it, for I may sometime be useful to you."

—"I accept it with thanks, Sennor."

—"Then don't ask leave; it would create suspicion. I'll go by myself. And if I return, and find you here, you shall know all. If you are gone, the mystery will be kept from you till some other day."

"He now embraced me cordially, withdrew, and I followed him soon after.