"Who knows?" the pirate muttered.
"Where were you going?"
"To join my friends on the other bank of the river."
"What friends?"
"Friends of mine."
"I suppose so."
"The man is an idiot," Don Miguel said, with a shrug of his shoulders.
Valentine gave him a significant look.
"Do you think so?" he said.
As the hacendero made no reply, Valentine continued his cross-questioning.