"Confess, young man, young man of pride! Confess! Were you not struck at heart deeply by her charms? Tell me and I'll do what I can to help you. Tell me, for what you say now is all bunk." He spoke in such a confiding tone, that the most skeptic would confide all, but the proud Lucio kept guard.
"Well? Suppose it is so what then? Is it a sin to love a sin to be acquainted with a young girl-especially when there is nothing in it? I am a young man. In what you allude to, I am innocent. Do you mean I am not a fit acquaintance or friend of her's?"
"Well, you are young and sometimes you need the advice and counsels of your elders. To say the least-Rosa is all love and all goodness, oh-my dear boy! Your warmth of feeling and rushness delude your reason.
Then he tried to go away but he was detained by Lucio, who asked temerously: "Say, stay a while, Juan. We are on familiar terms, aren't we? Then, as I told you my feelings you tell me your remarks. Is there any danger in this thing?"
"I may as well say that you are lost-lost in a broil of feelings, but as to some suspicious persons here, beware of 'em. That is all I can do at present. Of course, I'll tell you the truth there is no harm in being acquainted and it is only a pleasure and an honor to be introduced. Anyway, go on and know yourself. Till we meet again." Juan paused and then added:
"Why, Lucio, Rosa is-"
