Ruperto burst into a laugh.
"That would have been a fine idea, to be welcomed with a shower of slugs! No, I think I acted more wisely as I have."
"We have been on your trail for three days."
"Why did you not show yourselves sooner?"
"I was not quite certain it was you."
"Well, that is possible. Will you not sit down?"
"What for? Now that we have met, I hope you will come to our camp?"
"I did not like to propose it; you see we are not alone, but have a stranger with us."
"What matter, if you answer for him?"
"With my life."