CHAPTER XXIX
FROM PEPE REY TO ROSARITO POLENTINOS
"Give Estebanillo the key of the garden and charge him to take careabout the dog. The boy is mine, body and soul. Fear nothing! I shall bevery sorry if you cannot come down stairs as you did the other night.Do all you can to manage it. I will be in the garden a little aftermidnight. I will then tell you what course I have decided upon, andwhat you are to do. Tranquillize your mind, my dear girl, for I haveabandoned all imprudent or violent expedients. I will tell you everything when I see you. There is much to tell; and it must be spoken, notwritten. I can picture to myself your terror and anxiety at the thoughtof my being so near you. But it is a week since I have seen you. I havesworn that this separation from you shall soon be ended, and it will beended. My heart tells me that I shall see you. I swear that I will seeyou."