did I not? So they talk about it, eh? Well, let them talk, they will never find out how it was done."
"You seem to go and come at your will."
"And why not? Have we not many friends still in Manila? If you knew the truth you would be surprised. Some day General Otis—" He broke off short. "Bah, I am talking too much, when it is you who must speak. Answer me, does your General Lawton command at the waterworks now?"
"I am sure you know everything, Captain Relosus, so what is the use for me to speak? I imagine you know more than I do, for I came from San Isidro but a few days ago."
"Ha! General Lawton was at San Isidro, I know that, and if you were with him and are now here, he must be here too." The Tagal captain grated his teeth. "We shall meet, and I will kill him!" he muttered in his native dialect. "And I will kill General Otis, too!"
"I should like to know what is to be done with me," said Ben, after another pause, during which the rebel began to pace the floor.
"What do I care what becomes of you, capitan? You have played your game and lost, and I must look
