"I could never have believed it!" ejaculated Don Luis, clasping his hands in front of him and wringing them, in his distress and disappointment.  "I have always believed every one of my negroes to be absolutely faithful to me; yet now, upon the news that the outlaws are out, more than half of them have left me, and quite possibly will, an hour or two hence, be joining in the attack upon this house.  The ungrateful wretches, the--!"