And he remembered the treachery that had forced him, fighting, to the camp of his outfit; and when he had returned with his friends she had disappeared.
To this day he hated that mud-walled convent and those sisters who so easily forgot how to talk.

The fragrance of the old days wrapped themselves around him, and although he had ceased to pine for his black-eyed Carmencita-well, it would be nice if he chanced to see her again.

Spurring his mount into an easy canter he swept down to and across the river, fording it where he had crossed it when pursuing Tamale Jose.
The town lay indolent under the Mexican night, and the strumming of guitars and the tinkle of spurs and tiny bells softly echoed from several houses.

The convent of St.Maria lay indistinct in its heavy shadows and the little church farther up the dusty street showed dim lights in its stained windows.

Off to the north became audible the rhythmic beat of a horse and soon a cowboy swept past the convent with a mocking bow.
He clattered across the stone-paved plaza and threw his mount back on its haunches as he stopped before a house.