It was a sad and melancholy fate for so young and brave an officer;
but the law was imperative, and there was no reprieve for him.
The cold and distant reception that General Harero had received at
Don Gonzales's house since the sentence had been publicly pronounced
against Captain Lorenzo Bezan, had afforded unmistakable evidence to
him that if his victim perished on account of the charge he had
brought against him, his welcome with Isabella and her father was at
an end. But what was to be done? As we have said, he had gone too
far to retrace his steps in the matter. Now if it were but possible
to get out of the affair in some way, he said to himself, he would
give half his fortune. Puzzling over this matter, the disappointed
general paced back and forth in his room until past midnight, and at
last having tired himself completely, both mentally and physically,
he carelessly threw off his clothes, and summoning his orderly, gave
some unimportant order, and prepared to retire for the night.
But scarcely had he locked his door and drawn the curtains of his
windows, when a gentle knock at the door caused him once more to
open it, when an orderly led in a person who was closely wrapped up
in a cloak, and after saluting respectfully left the new comer alone
with his superior.
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