Lubito interrupted:
"Wait; we're going in your direction ourselves. Come on, Esteban, we might as well have pleasant company."
"Oh, ... all right," agreed the drummer, rather surprised at this.
The three men drew away from the crowd, and for some distance walked in silence. They directed their course along the shadowy parts of the plaza and then to the adjoining streets. At last Lubito said with a casual air:
"We hear you have joined the cavalry, señor."
"For the expedition against San Geronimo," qualified the drummer.
"You are a military man, no doubt?"
"No, not at all."
The bull-fighter seemed surprised.
"Are you going as a simple private?"