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"I know another," breaks in Ludwig, as if suddenly recollecting; "one who'd help us too if we could only have a word with him. That's Nacena's brother, Kaolin." Cypriano casts at his cousin a glance of peculiar meaning something like surprise.
Though Ludwig has expressed his opinion that they will soon see Francesca, he is silent about these suspicions. There is no time to speak of them if he would. For in a few seconds after Nacena's separating from them, Gaspar gives the signal for action, and all three become engaged in getting ready their horses for a return to the plain.
Still, recalling that scowl so often seen upon Nacena's countenance with a suspicion, purely intuitive, of what may have caused it not strange she should deem the visit of the Indian girl boding no good to her, but instead something of ill. As the latter steps inside the toldo, however, and the light falls upon her face, the captive can there see no sign of malice, nor token of hostility.
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