Has it escaped you, Don Luis, that some of these obstinate, mule-headed Gringos are guilty of an especial form of ingratitude which they term honor ?" "I know that some Gringos make much bombastic use of that term, while other Gringos scoff at the word 'honor,'" replied the mine owner, thoughtfully.

"But even suppose that these Gringos have absurdly fanciful ideas of honor?
They will never guess for what I really want them.

Their work will be done, to my liking, and they will go away from here with never a suspicion of the kind of service they have performed for me." "Pardon me, Don Luis," murmured Dr.Tisco, "but to me they do not look like such fools.

They will suspect; they will even know." "It matters little what they suspect, if they hold their tongues," replied the mine owner.
"You will have to appeal to their love of money, then," suggested the secretary.

"You will have to pay them extremely well.