Did her father resent-- "My majordomo," the don continued, just in time to hold back Dade's hasty assurance that they would leave immediately, "my majordomo does not please me.

Many faults might I name, sufficient to make plain my need for another." A longer wait, as if time were indeed infinite, and he owned it all.

"Also I might name reasons for my choice of another, who is yourself, Senor Hunter.

Perhaps in you I recognize simply the qualities which I desire my majordomo to possess.

Perhaps also I desire that some prejudiced countrymen of mine shall be taught a lesson and made to see that not all Americanos are unworthy.