"Yes, senora, unless you go home at once."

"That's right--leave me alone, exposed to be insulted! Listen to me,
Senor Ramos. Don Jose will come out of the Casino in a moment, as usual.
I want to see whether he goes into his hotel or goes past it. It is a
fancy of mine, only a fancy."

"What I know is that I have something to do, and that it is near twelve
o'clock."

"Silence!" said Remedios. "Let us hide ourselves around the corner. A
man is coming down the Calle de la Triperia Alta. It is he!"

"Don Jose! I know him by his walk."

"Let us follow him," said Maria Remedios with anxiety. "Let us follow
him at a little distance, Ramos."

"Senora--"

"Only a minute, then, Dona Remedios. After that I must go."

They walked on about thirty paces, keeping at a moderate distance behind
the man they were watching. The Penitentiary's niece stopped then and
said:

"He is not going into his hotel."

"He may be going to the brigadier's."