Unit 4.12, Exercise 3, Page 126.0:01
800 leagues on the Amazon.0:17
The whole family strolled toward the front of the raft.0:29
Manuel and Benito walked one behind the other without speaking.0:33
Yakita and her daughter silently followed, and all felt a strange sadness, as if they had a presentiment of some coming disaster.0:39
Torres stepped up to Juan Garal, who seemed to be lost in thought.0:50
He put his hand on his shoulder and said, may I talk with you in private?0:55
They went toward the house, entered it and shut the door behind them.1:01
It would be difficult to describe what everyone felt when Juan Garal and Torres disappeared.1:07
What could there be in common between the adventurer and the honest Garal?1:14
The menace of some awful news seemed to hang over the whole family, and they hardly dared speak to each other.1:19
Manuel, said Benito, grabbing his friend's arm, whatever happens, this man Torres must leave us tomorrow at Manaus.1:28
Yes, he must, answered Manuel.1:37
And if through him something bad happens to my father, I will kill him.1:41
For a moment, alone in the room where no one could see or hear them, Juan Garal and Torres looked at each other without saying a word.1:47
Did the adventurer hesitate to speak?1:56
Did he think that Juan Garal would only reply to his demands with silence?1:59
So Torres did not question him.2:07
At the outset of the conversation, he took the part of an accuser.2:10
Juam, he said, your name is not Goral.2:15
Your name is da Costa.2:20
Juan Garal could not help shivering as Torres called him the guilty name.2:22
You are Hoam da Costa, continued Torres, who 25 years ago were a clerk in the Governor General's office at Tijuco.2:28
And you are the man who was sentenced to death for the diamond robbery and murder of the soldiers.2:36
No response from Juan Garal, whose strange quietness surprised the adventurer.2:41
Hoam da Costa, I repeat, it was you they sought when the diamonds were stolen, you whom they convicted of the crime and sentenced to death.2:48
And it was you who escaped from the prison at Villa Rica a few hours before you should have been executed.2:57
Rather, a long silence followed this direct question which Torres asked.3:05
Juan Garal, still calm, took a seat.3:11
His elbow rested on a small table, and he looked directly at his accuser without bending his head.3:15
What reply do you want from me?3:26
A reply, torres slowly answered, that will stop me from finding the chief of the police at Manaos and saying to him, there is a man here who can be recognized even after 25 years as the organiser of the3:30
He was the assistant of the murderers who killed the soldiers.3:48
He is the man who escaped from execution.3:51
He is Hoam Garal, whose true name is Hoam da Costa.3:53
And so Toris, said Juam Garal, If I give you the right reply, I shall have nothing to fear from you.3:58
Nothing, for neither you nor I will have any interest in talking about the matter.4:05
It is not money you want, then?4:15
No, no matter how much you offered me.4:17
What do you want then?4:20
Joam Garal, replied Torres.4:21
Do not be so quick to reply by a formal refusal.4:27
Remember that you are in my power.4:31
What is this proposal?4:33
Torres hesitated for a moment.4:37
The attitude of this guilty man, whose life he held in his hands, was enough to astonish him.4:39
He had expected a stormy discussion and prayers and tears.4:47
He had before him a man convicted of the most serious crimes, and the man didn't look worried at all.4:52
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