CHAPTER XIX. CAPTAIN RAMÓN APOLOGIZES
"Captain Ramón is a beast!" the girl said, in a voice not too loud.
"He is a worthless fellow," Don Diego agreed.
"He—that is—he wished to kiss me," she said.
"And you did not let him, of course."
" Señor! "
"I—confound it, I did not mean that! Certainly you did not let him! I trust that you slapped his face."
"I did," said the señorita . "And then he struggled with me, and he told me that I should not be so particular, since I was daughter of a man who stood in the bad graces of the governor."
"Why, the infernal brute!" Don Diego exclaimed.
"Is that all you have to say about it, caballero ?"
"I cannot use oaths in your presence, of course."
"Do you not understand, señor ? This man came into
