“Nothing, for there was nothing to see.”
“He planned it from the first to deceive the Señoritas.”
“You speak the truth, but why should he take the pains to do that, when he might have gone overland and made the halt in the mountains?”
It was Captain Guzman who answered:
“Such a journey would have been long and hard for the Señoritas; the voyage is far more pleasant.”
“Why did he start at night?”
“It was easier for him to see the danger which was not there, or for him to make the Señoritas believe he saw it.”
“General Yozarro is devilish sly; let us go.”