Gaspara looked at him as if he did not quite understand what this meant. Then he shrugged his shoulders and stalked heavily away.
He was brought back in a hurry by an involuntary exclamation of dismay from the detective.
“What is it?” he growled.
“I only wanted to ask whether I am to get any breakfast,” replied Nick.
“You will have it as soon as the coffee is made,” promised Gaspara, as again he moved toward the entrance of the cave.
Nick Carter did want his breakfast. But that was not why he had given vent to his sharp ejaculation.
He had just felt in a certain inside pocket, and missed therefrom an article which was worth more than everything else he carried with him.
The Seal of Gijon had been stolen!
CHAPTER VI.
WHEN THEY WOKE UP.
It was just about the time that Nick Carter discovered the loss of the diamond-incrusted watch and fob which were known collectively as the Seal of Gijon, when Patsy awoke from a sound sleep in Mala’s hotel and groaned: