The Pachatupecs are early risers, and if Senora de la Vega did not join us before daylight we might be seen and the opportunity lost.

The sun rose; still she did not come, and I had just made up my mind to put off our departure until the next morning, and try to communicate with Senora de la Vega in the meantime, when Gahra pointed to a pathway in the wood, where his sharp eyes had detected the fluttering of a robe.
At last she was coming.

But too late.

To start at that time would be madness, and I was about to tell her so, send her back, and ask her to meet me on the next morning, when she ran forward with terrified face and uplifted hands.
"Save me! Save me!" she cried, "I could not get away sooner.

I have been watched.