"Ah, are we going far?"
"You will see: in the meanwhile go to the rancho and prepare everything you want for your journey."
"Oh, I am ready," he interrupted.
"That is possible, but I am not; have I not to give López orders about your wounded man?"
"That is true, and besides I must say good-bye to my family."
"That will be very proper, as you will probably be away for some time."
"Good, I understand, we are going to have a famous hunt."
"Yes, we are going to hunt," the adventurer said with an equivocal smile; "but not at all in the way you suppose."
"All right, I do not care. I will hunt in whatever way you please."
"I reckon on it; but come, we have lost too much time already."