text:  The lawyer informed him that the _ayuntamiento_ or corporation of Castrillo and those of all the towns and villages of the district found themselves in great trouble on account of the convoy he had intercepted and more particularly of the lady whom he kept prisoner and whose friends it appeared were persons of much influence with both contending parties for that the junta and the French had alike demanded her liberty; and while the latter were about to send troops to put the whole country to fire and sword the former as well as the Spanish generals had refused to afford them any protection against the consequences of her detention and accused the ayuntamiento and the priests of encouraging the Empecinado to hold her in captivity