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'And now he had talked himself in to sense again; he cried "Oh my Tomaso!
"I am in the hands of the brigands, and unless Tomaso is released by noon, I shall be killed. But I am not afraid to die; hold your captive fast." Having signed it, he held it out to Toro, who read it, and then called a messenger, to whom he entrusted it for delivery. Then the brigands sat down to breakfast, and Pike was left to his contemplations.
At last Tomaso pointed out what he called the highroad, and assured us that by keeping straight on we should in time reach the Patriot camp. How far off it was, however, he did not say. He now begged hard for the sum we owed him. "Here it is, my friend; you have well earned it, I own," said Mr Laffan, handing him the amount. He was profuse in his expressions of gratitude.
One who was a bully fixed a quarrel upon me and another took my part. All leaped to sides. I was forgotten in the midst of them; they could hardly have told now what was the cause of battle. A young merchant rode back to chide and settle matters. At last some one remembered that Diego had struck Juan Lepe who had flung him off. Then Tomaso had sprung in and struck Diego.
They had long lived in the Trastevere district, in an old house which had lately been pulled down; and their existence seemed to have then been shattered, for since they had taken refuge in the Quartiere dei Prati the crisis in the building trade had reduced Tomaso and Tito to absolute idleness, and the bead factory where Pierina had earned as much as tenpence a day just enough to prevent them from dying of hunger had closed its doors.
Staying at Bologna still he was eighteen, and Master of Arts, lacking money, it was necessary for him to go to Sarzana to his mother, who had remarried, in order to have money to furnish his expenses. She was poor and her husband not very rich, and then Tomaso was not his son, but a stepson: he could not obtain money from them.
"Why quarrel over a dead man's shoes while his widow is still in sight?" Tomaso fell back at the rebuke, but Toro, less thin-skinned, stuck boldly to his text. "If I offer to lead you against the enemy," he said, "it is solely for our interest generally, not for mine alone." "Oho!" "Aye, and I can prove it." "Do so." "I will."
"The tables are turned now, Mr. Pike," said a voices "You will remain our prisoner till Tomaso is released." It was so dark that Pike could not see the speaker, but he had no doubt that it was Hunston. The impression was confirmed in an instant by the goatherd, who said in a jeering manner "Ha, ha, ha! Why don't you capture him? You were so very brave to talk, yet you do nothing."
But then, how would Tomaso or his brother know that Johnny would care anything about whether an airplane "sat" over in Mexico within riding distance of the Border? Johnny did not think of Tex as a possible factor in the proposition. Well, there it was, anyway, not a quarter of a mile away.
The physician was at the time in a market-town about twelve miles off, resting for a few days before proceeding to London. He was an old man and journeys were fatiguing to him. Gregory sent a company of men-at-arms to invite him to come to Temple Assheton. The request was made on a lonely path in a forest, along which Tomaso was riding to visit a sick child on a remote farm.
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