He was glad that he could patronize Alvarez at least once and show himself to be the superior in discernment.
"These men, Your Excellency, of whom I told you to beware, were five," he said.

"We captured four, therefore one was left, and I said beware of him, even alone.

He is a fellow of great cunning and skill who would try anything.

He has come for his comrades, and he has taken them away with him." "It must be as you say," said Alvarez, seeking now to hide his anger.

He was not sorry on the whole that the sentinels were obviously innocent, as he needed as many adherents as he could keep, in order to carry out his great plan.
"Knowing that the window was too small to admit them, we watched only the front where the door is, Your Excellency," said Carlos, still trembling.
"Who would have dreamed that these men of Kaintock were magicians, that without picks or shovels they could burrow under the earth and be gone like ghosts." "Begone yourselves!" exclaimed Alvarez.