I told Senor Carera that I should only be too glad to profit by the opportunity, and that on any day and at any hour which he might name I would be ready.
"I will see the _teniente_, and let you know further in the course of to-morrow," said Carera, after a moment's thought.

"The affair will require nice management.

There are patrols on every road.

You must be well mounted, and I suppose you will want a mule for your baggage." "No! I shall take no more than I can carry in my saddle-bags.

We must not be incumbered with pack-mules on an expedition of this sort.