The Ring Tailed Panther led boldly down the street, until they came to the stone house of Veramendi.

Lights shone from the deep embrasured windows of both the first and second floors.

The Ring Tailed Panther saw a small door in the stone wall, and he pushed it open.
"Come in! Come quick!" he said to his comrades.
His tone was so sharp and commanding that they obeyed him by impulse, and he quickly closed the door behind the little party.

They stood in a small, dark alley that ran beside the house and they heard the sound of music.

Crouching against the wall they listened, and heard also the sounds of laughter and feminine voices.
The Ring Tailed Panther grinned in the darkness.
"Some kind of a fandango is goin' on," he said.