The hunter quickly started to his feet with an exclamation of joy.
"Don Martial," he said, "you may thank God for decreeing that we should meet in the desert, in order that the punishment of this man should be complete."
[CHAPTER III.]
THE COMPACT.
Don Martial gazed at the hunter in amazement.
"What do you mean?" he asked him. "I don't understand you."
"You will soon do so, my friend," Valentine answered. "How long have you been roaming about this neighbourhood?"
"Nearly two months."
"In that case you are well acquainted, I presume, with the mountains among which we are at this moment?"