He shivered.

It promised to be one of those raw, cold nights frequent in the southwest, and he knew that the rain would be chill and penetrating.

He was glad that they had found the convent.
They gave the grass to the horses, and then they went into the main portion of the convent, where Bowie and the rest were already at work.
Here the ruin was not so great, as the Spaniards had built in a solid manner, according to their custom.

They found a large room, with an open fireplace, in which Ned would have been glad to see wood blazing, but Bowie did not consider it worth while to gather materials for a fire.
Adjoining this room was a chapel, in which a pulpit, a desecrated image of the Virgin, and some frames without the pictures, yet remained.

Anger filled Ned's heart that anyone should plunder and spoil such a place, and he turned sorrowfully away.
Back of the large rooms were workrooms, kitchen and laundry, all stripped of nearly everything.