Langsdorff says that he has the greatest possible
command of his native tongue, but he speaks Eng-
lish well enough. I wish I could despise him, but
I do not believe I even hate him."

"Well?" demanded Concha. She kept her eyes on
her work (and the delight that rose in her breast
from her voice).

"Well?"

"Why should you hate him?"

"Do you ask me that, Concha, when he makes a
fence of himself about you, and his fine eyes--prac-
tised is nearer the mark--look at no one else?"

"But why should that cause you jealousy? He
is a man of the world, accustomed to make himself
agreeable, and I am the daughter of the Com-
mandante."

"He is more in love with you than he knows."

"Do you think so, Weeliam?" Still her voice was
innocent and even, although the color rose above
the inner commotion. "But even so, what of it?
Have not many loved me? Am I to be won by the
first stranger?"