human
Those people at the inn are very great rascals, senhor,
gpt
There can be but little doubt of it,
human
Ah, senhor, and the greatest of all is the friar. Do you know, senhor, he was one of those who attacked Goncalo Christovao, yesterday? I marked his slouched hat, his ferret eyes, and the cut on his shoulder, which he declares is a bruise: now I saw plenty of blood about it, and blood does not flow from a bruise in that way.
gpt
I suspected as much, said Don Luis;
human
You were quite right, senhor, in what you did, answered Pedro;
gpt
I wish merely to observe, that we must not trust to any of them; for, depend upon it, both the friar and the landlord are in league with the robbers; though, for some reason or other, it did not suit them to cut our throats, as the rest wished to do. I hope that, none of them are on the watch to pick us off as we ride along; and if it pleases you, senhor, had we not better push on as quick as we can through this grove? These trees afford such close shelter to lurking foes, who may shoot every one of us without our being able to get near them.