CHAPTER XIII. LOVE COMES SWIFTLY
The despensero hurried to open it.
"I regret that Don Diego is not at home, señor ," he said. "He has gone to his hacienda ."
"I know as much. Don Carlos and wife and daughter are here, are they not?"
"Don Carlos and his wife are out on a visit this evening, señor ."
"The señorita —"
"Is here, of course."
"In that case, I shall pay my respects to the señorita ," Captain Ramón said.
" Señor! Pardon me, but the little lady is alone."
"Am I not a proper man?" the captain demanded.
"It—it is scarcely right for her to receive the visit of a gentleman when her dueña is not present."
"Who are you, to speak to me of the proprieties?" Captain Ramón demanded.
