“Yes, that’s because they will come to receive me at the station.”

“Honestly?”

“Yes.”

“Ha... ha... ha...!” laughed Alzugaray.

“What are you laughing at?” asked Cæsar, smiling.

“At your having arranged a reception and brought me along for a witness.”

“No, man, no,” said Cæsar; “I have arranged nothing. The workmen of the Club will come down out of gratitude.”

“Ah, that’s it! Then there will be only a few.”

At this juncture the car door opened and a man in the dirty clothes of a mechanic appeared.

“Don Cæsar Moncada?” he inquired.