The air was crisper and fresher than usual, and to both of them it felt divine.

They inhaled deep breaths, and thought that the world had never looked so beautiful.

What a golden sunrise! What a blue sky! What magnificent green woods off there under the horizon! They felt strength and courage rushing back in a flood.
"Which way now, Mr.Spaniard ?" said Long Jim.

"Has your captain repented, an' does he want to give us the finest rooms in his house?
I can't say that we liked the tavern he made us stop at last night." Luiz shook his head, either to signify that he did not understand or that there was no reply, and led the way down a narrow path shut in on either side with magnolias and cypresses.

The little group of soldiers enclosed Paul and Long Jim, but all their glances were for the boy, none for the man.
The enclosed path led on for two or three hundred yards.