“The captain didn’t seem to care much about his disappearance,” said Adrian.
“I know he didn’t, but he simply took him for another of the smugglers, while he believes that Don Rafael is the head of a new revolutionary movement. I am sure that this is not so.”
“What?” asked Don. “Don’t you think Don Rafael is stirring up a revolution?”
“I meant I didn’t think as the captain does about Santiago,” explained Billie.
“Oh! Well, what do you think about him?”
“I hardly know; but I don’t believe he is a peon. I believe he is an educated man and is here in disguise for some purpose.”
“What makes you think that?” asked Pedro. “He seemed like a peon to me.”
“That’s because you did not get well acquainted with him. I did; for, when you are in as tight a place as we were right after the explosion, it doesn’t take long to get acquainted.”
“What did he do?” queried Adrian.
“That would be hard to tell. It would be easier to tell what he did not do; but the thing that first attracted me was the way in which he cared for Guadalupe.”