And, after bowing courteously to the company, the Coras chief glided into the thicket, in which he disappeared almost instantaneously. Valentine looked after him for some time.
"Yes," he said at last, with a thoughtful air, "his project is a daring one, such as might be expected from so great a warrior. May heaven protect him, and allow him to succeed! Well, we shall see; perhaps all is for the best so."
And he turned to Curumilla.
"The clothes?" he said.
"Here they are," the Aucas answered, laconically, as he pointed to an enormous heap of clothing.
"What does my brother mean to do with them?" Unicorn asked.
"My brother will see," Valentine said, with a smile, "each of us is going to put on one of those uniforms."
The Comanche drew himself up hastily.
"No," he said, "Unicorn does not put off the dress of his people. What need have we of this disguise?"
"In order to enter the camp of the Spaniards without being discovered."