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back"

"Yes, señorita," said the officer quickly in English "I understand

You alla right now froasped Myra half-frantically, pointing at Don

Carlos, now only a few yards away from her "That man is El Diablo

Cojuelo Don Carlos de Ruiz is El Diablo Cojuelo Arrest hi Don Carlos the

whole world went suddenly pitch dark, and she felt herself falling,

falling through space What actually happened was that she fainted,

and the officer of the Civil Guard was just in time to catch her ere

she fell

She recovered consciousness to find a swarthy, weather-beatena water-bottle to her lips, and to see

her with sympathetic curiosity Until her

brain cleared she could not realise where she was and what had been

happening, and she felt horribly scared Then she heard the voice of

Don Carlos and she re

"Don't let hi up "I tell you, he

is El Diablo Cojuelo!"