In his fever I heard some words fall from his lips that started me to wondering.

But the other day I beheld this gentleman gazing upon you from a distance.

In his eyes, as he looked at you, Senorita, I saw a light that I had never seen in the eyes of this manacled brute.

Then my guess was turned to knowledge!" "Then, Senor Reade," begged the girl, "who is this man who would hold me back from my--" "Tell her, sir," Tom urged the stranger.
"Child," said the latter, with wonderful gentleness and tenderness, "I am the real Don Luis Montez--your father!" "Then who is _he_ ?" cried Francesca, pointing to the handcuffed Mexican, who had sunk upon a chair looking more dead than alive.
"His true name," said the stranger, "is Paulo Rabasco.

He was born of good family, but was always dissolute and criminal.