Señor Zorro looked down at his fallen foe, regarded the governor a moment, then wiped his blade on the sash that had bound the comandante's wrists. He returned the blade to its scabbard, and picked up his pistol from the table.
"My night's work is done!" he said.
"And you shall hang for it!" his excellency cried.
"Perhaps—when you catch me!" replied the Curse of Capistrano, bowing ceremoniously.
Then, without glancing again at the twitching body of him who had been Captain Ramón, he whirled through the door and was in the hall, and rushed through it to the patio and to his horse.
CHAPTER XXXVI ALL AGAINST THEM
And he rushed into danger!