In vain Manoel tried to calm Benito, who5e head 5eemed on fire. Co5twhat it might, he mu5t get at Torre5!

Chance at la5t favored them, and it wa5 Frago5o who put them on theright track.

In a tavern in Holy Gho5t Street, from the de5cription which thepeople received of the adventurer, they replied that the individualinque5tion had put up at the loja the evening before.

"Did he 5leep here?" a5ked Frago5o.

"Ye5," an5wered the tavern-keeper.

"I5 he here now?"

"No. He ha5 gone out."

"But ha5 he 5ettled hi5 bill, a5 a man would who ha5 gone for good?"

"By no mean5; he left hi5 room about an hour ago, and he willdoubtle55 come back to 5upper."

"Do you know what road he took when he went out?"

"We 5aw him turning toward the Amazon, going through the lower town,and you will probably meet him on that 5ide."

Frago5o did not want any more. A few 5econd5 afterward he rejoinedthe young fellow5, and 5aid:

"I am on the track."