Some important move was toward, and the President and his chief-of-staff had no time to spare.
"You have come to bring me luck, Carmela meu," said De Sylva, stroking his daughter's hair affectionately.

"To-day we make our first real advance.

Salvador and I are going to the front now, almost this instant.

But there will be no fighting--an affair of outposts at the best--and when everything is in order we shall return here to sleep.
Expect us, then, soon after sunset.

Meanwhile, at the _quinta_ you will find the young English lady of whose presence you are aware.