“I will tell you, but I must sit. I have been walking for hours.”
He sat down on a broken branch of a tree and breathed a deep sigh.
The bandits looked puzzled. They did not understand what he had said, but felt that it was something of importance, and they looked to the interpreter for an explanation. The latter said nothing, but waited.
“Listen,” began Cunningham; “a week since I left here and went to Naples.”
“You did go to Naples, then?”
“Yes, I reached Naples, though it took me rather longer than I anticipated. I went to see the bankers, and——”
“Got the money?”
“Yes, I got the money.”
“Then I don’t understand.”
“You will soon. I was delayed two days, and this will account in part for the length of time I have been absent. As soon as I could I started on my return.”