And certainly, without definite intelligence, he would never suspect you of being anywhere on the highway to Mexico." "Shall we be quite alone ?" "For two or three days you will be quite alone.

Ortiz will, however, return with the wagon by a circuitous route; for, sooner or later, you are sure to need it.

Fear not to trust him.

Only in one respect will you need to supplement his advice by your own intelligence: he is so eager to fight Santa Anna, he may persuade himself and you that it is necessary to fly eastward when it is not.

In all other points you may be guided by him, and his disguise as a peon is so perfect that it will be easy for him to gather in the pulquerias all the information requisite for your direction.