"I have told her; she knows."

"And may she tell me?"

"Let her guard the secret as she will. 0 my Guardian, I thank thee. Myburden is departed; my sin of self-murder is atoned."

"Benita da Ferreira, are you gone?"

No answer.

"Georgeita Clifford, do you hear me?"

"I hear you," said the voice of Benita, speaking in English, althoughJacob, forgetting, had addressed her in Portuguese.

"Where is the gold?"