“He might; that’s worth trying, too.”
“He’s perfectly devoted to us, and I know he would do all he could to find her out if we wanted her. That old Sofia that we had here might be looked up; she is pretty near as old.”
“I believe we’ll get hold of something yet by reason of your sharp wits,” said John. “I’ll go and pump old Pedro. I’ve been thinking of turning off the old fellow and getting two or three darkies on the place, but I don’t know but I may as well keep him too.”
“You couldn’t turn him off while Blythe is there.”
“That’s so.”
“And I am sure Pedro is much more faithful than any one you could find among the darkies.”
“There’s not much love shown for the greasers nowadays, you know.”
“Well, I don’t care. Pedro is not like a common greaser; he is a real gentleman.”
“Especially in his table manners,” returned John laughing.
“He’s no worse than Bud Haley, and I am sure Lolita is far above dear old Hannah Maria who looks down on her.”