"Pardieu!" joyously cried the young man, "That is a happy idea? It would be very unfortunate if, with so many chances of success, we do not escape."
"You know the people against whom we have to fight. Believe me, we are not saved yet."
"That is true; but, on the other hand, you see everything on the bright side."
"What a life would ours be if we could not brighten it up now and then!" pursued the young man.
[CHAPTER VI.]
COMPLICATIONS.
The same day, and nearly at the same hour, when Emile Gagnepain quitted the Valle del Tambo, a little troop, composed of seven or eight horsemen, followed a path a little distant from the encampment of the Guaycurus.
These travellers, well mounted and well armed, appeared to be Indians. A woman, or rather a young girl, accompanied them.