Do you know what it means ?" "Only partially.

I have overheard some talk.

It seems this is a rendezvous for a band of outlaws headed by one known as Pasqual Mendez.
I have not seen their leader; but his lieutenant had charge of me." "Miss Donovan," he said with gravity, "we are in the hands of desperate men.

We will have to take desperate measures to outwit them, and we will have to make desperate breaks to obtain our freedom." The girl nodded.
"Mr.Cavendish," she said with womanly courage, "you will not find me wanting.

I am ready for anything, even shooting.