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`` Certainly , '' exclaimed Gomez Arias , with a sneer : `` what you consider a just remuneration will no doubt be some exorbitant extortion . '' `` Christian ! '' retorted the renegade , `` to show you that I place confidence in the magnitude of my service , I shall leave the reward entirely to your generosity , -- and now listen . At midnight you must be with Theodora at the extremity of _ El cerro de los Martires _ ; -LSB- 41 -RSB- the distance is short from Granada , and can therefore soon be traversed . There I will wait for you , and there you may likewise meet the noble Moor that employs me . '' `` I am resolved , '' cried Gomez Arias . `` Yes , I will meet you at midnight then '' -- and rising , he was about to withdraw , when the renegade gently detaining him -- `` Stay , '' he said ; `` I must have a pledge to present to my master . ''