30 points "Well."
he continued, "I mean this: I don't like this fashion of taking
people's lands, and I would like to pay to Señor Alamar for what
has been located by us, but at the same time I do not wish my
father to know that I have paid for the land, as I am sure he
would take my action as a reproach-as a disclaimer of his own
action, and I don't wish to hurt his feelings, or seem to be
disrespectful."