It is a sacred, confessional secret.

I will arrange it with the Council of War....

You may continue lending your services to our cause." And Ferragut was not annoyed further about the affair of Marseilles.
Perhaps they were watching him discreetly and keeping sight of him in order to convince themselves of his entire innocence; but this suspected vigilance never made itself felt nor occasioned him any trouble.
On the third trip to Salonica the French captain saw him once at a distance, greeting him with a grave smile which showed that he no longer was thinking of him as a possible spy.
Upon its return, the _Mare Nostrum_ anchored at Barcelona to take on cloth for the army service, and other industrial articles of which the troops of the Orient stood in need.

Ferragut did not make this trip for mercantile reasons.

An affectionate interest was drawing him there....
He needed to see Cinta, feeling that in his soul the past was again coming to life.
The image of his wife, vivacious and attractive, as in the early years of their marriage, kept rising before him.