As a
consequence, the insurgents met friends in place of enemies, and
within three minutes controlled fully the palace. Every entrance
was at once closed and guarded, so that no news of the reversal
could reach the military barracks.
So silently had the palace been taken that, except the guards and
one or two servants held as prisoners, not even those living
within it were aware of anything unusual.
"Senor Valdez, you are appointed to notify the senorita that she
need not be alarmed at what has occurred. Senor Garcia will act
as captain of the day, and allow nobody to leave the building
under any pretext whatever. I shall personally put the tyrant
under arrest. Rodrigo and Jose will accompany me."
O'Halloran left his subordinates at the door when he entered the
apartments of the governor. The outer room was empty, and the
Irishman passed through it to the inner one, where Megales was
accustomed to take his after-dinner siesta.
To-night, however, that gentleman was in no mood for peaceful
reflection followed by slumber. He was on the edge of a volcano,
and he knew it. The question was whether he could hold the lid on
without an eruption.
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