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It would be difficult to depict what every one felt when Joam Garral and Torres disappeared. What could there be in common between the adventurer and the honest fazender of Iquitos? The menace of some frightful misfortune seemed to hang over the whole family, and they scarcely dared speak to each other. "Manoel!" said Benito, seizing his friend's arm, "whatever happens, this man must leave us tomorrow at Manaos." "Yes!" it is imperative!" answered Manoel. "And if through him some misfortune happens to my father--I shall kill him!" CHAPTER XX BETWEEN THE TWO MEN FOR A MOMENT, alone in the room, where none could see or hear them, Joam Garral and Torres looked at each other without uttering a word. Did the adventurer hesitate to speak? Did he suspect that Joam Garral would only reply to