"The ladies that I have been obliged to abandon, do they run any danger at present?"
"I think so."
"On the part of your brother?"
"Yes, on his, and others also. These two strangers have implacable enemies bent on their destruction."
"Poor women!" murmured the young man, sighing; "They will not, then, leave the camp?"
"Yes; tomorrow, at sunrise, they will quit it, escorted by the officer who, in our presence, claimed them of my brother."
"Do you know that officer?"
"A little."
"Who is he?"
"That I cannot say; I have sworn not to reveal it to anyone."