IrestedJuanLepeinthehouseholdofDonEnriquedeCerda,onefigureamongmany,involvedintheswarmoffightingandservingmen.Therewasasquirewhohadservedhimlong.Tothisman,DiegoLopez,Iwascommitted,withenoughtoldtoenlisthisintelligence.HemanagedformeintheintricatelifeoftheplacewithaskilltomakegodMercuryapplaud.DonEnriqueandIwererarelytogether,rarelywereseenbymentospeakonetotheother.
Butintheinnerworldweweretogether.
Dayspassed.WefoundnothingyettodowhilealllisteninganddoingatSantaFewereboundupinthecrum-
blingofGranadaintoSpanishhands.Itseemedbesttowait,watchingchances.
Meantimetheshowglittered,andman\'sstrongstomachcried``Life!Morelife!\'\'ItglitteredatSantaFebeforeGranada,anditwasadyingemberinGranadabeforeSantaFe.Theoneglitteredandtriumphedbecausetheotherglitteredandtriumphednot.AndwhoaboveheldthebalancesevenandneithersorrowednorwasfeverishlyelatedbutwenthisownwaycouldonlybeseenfromtheVegalikeadreamoralinefromapoet.