“I think not, senor.”
“And why not?”
“He will not sell. The governor offered him a fortune for an air-ship like it and he declined.”
“Well,” said Vane, with a cunning smile, “what is to prevent our taking it, Gastrovez, if he will not sell? If we work our cards well we ought to be able to do it.”
“I think not, senor,” replied the gauchero. “He has some terrible bombs that will destroy a dozen men at once.”
“That’s all right,” said Vane, with a curse. “I do not want to fight him. Simply make a strategic move.”
“Si senor; it may be possible to do that.”
“It is possible, and we can do it. Come on. Let’s have a parley with him.”
With this Vane began to approach the air-ship.
The gauchero band followed behind at a slow pace.