"By whom?"
"The masked chief of The Cloven Hoofs of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado."
"He will still hunt me down?"
"He will."
"Being forewarned is being forearmed."
"Not in this case."
"Why so?"
"He works in a most mysterious way, and do all you may you will be captured by him."
"And another ransom demanded?"
"Yes."