Florence promptly relayed this question.
Maria nodded. “Sí. José watch good all night.” She went on to add that José had just come into the kitchen and had said he wanted to tell the señoritas something about Luis.
“Don’t you know what it is?” Florence asked curiously.
“No. Miss Prudencia send me out of the kitchen then, and José leave.”
“Is José going to the village to get the rurales to come after Luis this morning?”
“Sí.”
“Tell him when he comes back that we want to go with him. Tell him to have the horses ready for us.”
With a nod of assent Maria left the room.
Jo Ann began eating an orange, a thoughtful expression in her dark brown eyes. A moment later she remarked, “I shouldn’t wonder if that Luis was hired by the smuggler to do all the damage he could.”
“Why, what makes you think that?” asked Peggy in surprise. “You haven’t seen them together, have you?”