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‘Ah! senor doctor,’ said Sotillo, wagging his head, ‘youare a man of quick intelligence. We were made to understandeach other.’ He turned away. He could bear no longerthat expressionless and motionless stare, which seemed tohave a sort of impenetrable emptiness like the black depthof an abyss.Even in a man utterly devoid of moral sense there remainsan appreciation of rascality which, being conventional, isperfectly clear. Sotillo thought that Dr. Monygham, so differentfrom all Europeans, was ready to sell his countrymenand Charles Gould, his employer, for some share of theSan Tome silver. Sotillo did not despise him for that. Thecolonel’s want of moral sense was of a profound and innocentcharacter. It bordered upon stupidity, moral stupidity.Nothing that served his ends could appear to him reallyreprehensible. Nevertheless, he despised Dr. Monygham.He had for him an immense and satisfactory contempt. Hedespised him with all his heart because he did not meanto let the doctor have any reward at all. He despised him,not as a man without faith and honour, but as a fool. Dr.Monygham’s insight into his character had deceived Sotillocompletely. Therefore he thought the doctor a fool.Since his arrival in Sulaco the colonel’s ideas had undergonesome modification.He no longer wished for a political career in Montero’sadministration. He had always doubted the safety of thatcourse. Since he had learned from the chief engineer thatat daylight most likely he would be confronted by PedroMontero his misgivings on that point had considerably in-