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Chapter 15

           Thestallionsmaynotcomethisway;orifso,maynotmolestus.Itwilldependontheirmoodatthemoment.Ifbattlingamongthemselves,wemaylookoutfortheirattack.Thentheyhavelosttheirreason—ifImaysospeak—andwillrecklesslyrushupononeoftheirownkind—evenwithamanuponhisback.Ha!’tisasIexpected:theyareinconflict.Icantellbytheircries!Anddrivingthisway,too!"

           "But,MrGerald;whyshouldwenotrideoffatonce,intheoppositedirection?"

           "’Twouldbeofnouse.There’snocovertoconcealus,onthatside—nothingbutopenplain.They’llbeoutuponitbeforewecouldgetasufficientstart,andwouldsoonovertakeus.Theplacewemustmakefor—theonlysafeoneIcanthinkof—liestheotherway.Theyarenowuponthedirectpathtoit,ifIcanjudgebywhatIhear;and,ifwestarttoosoon,wemayrideintotheirteeth.Wemustwait,andtrytostealawaybehindthem.Ifwesucceedingettingpast,andcankeepourdistanceforatwo-milegallop,Iknowaspot,whereweshallbeassafeasifinsidethecorralsofCasadelCorvo.Youaresureyoucancontrolthemustang?"

           "Quitesure,"wasthepromptreply:allideaofdeceptionbeingabandonedinpresenceofthethreateningperil.

           

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