"His politics ain't mine," Brown sighed.
They rode on in silence.
CHAPTER XIX
SEÑORA VALENTINO AND CAPTAIN MORANDO
CONTINUE CONVERSATION
"Saul has slain his thousands, but David his tens of thousands. I greet you, Captain Morando."
Morando bowed.
"A chair, Captain. My good brother-in-law the Colonel Barcelo awakes soon, I'm sure."
"If you do not mind, Señora Valentino, let us walk up and down this wide veranda. I think you were doing so a moment ago."
"Quite right, Señor Captain."
The señora and the soldier were on a long balcony in the second story of the Barcelo mansion. It ran along the street side of the house and across one end. The cool wind from the Monterey Bay crept along the street, mounted to the porch, and breathed gently there. The leaves crinkled under the chill and the flower petals shrank within themselves.