"Besides," she added, "I have been in England--I had friends there.

It is because of this that I desire to help you, senor.

You say that you are an engineer.

I think there should be work for you here on the _estancia_; there is machinery." Derrick sat up with a sudden lightening of the heart.

"We have to send to a distance, sometimes as far as Buenos Ayres, when we need repairs.