It was witnessed by too many people." Bernardo Galvez gave Alvarez a surprised and stern look.

The captain winced, but it was only for a moment.
"Is this true, Don Francisco ?" asked the Governor General gravely.

"Did you do this thing ?" Alvarez made a gesture as if It were true, but yet a trifle.
"I confess, Your Excellency," he said.

"I had forgotten the circumstance, but, since I am reminded of it, I will not deny.

The thing seems much worse in the telling than it was in the happening.