"He is honest; and when he sees that the land is mine, he will pay; or if he does not pay, he will go--and tilled acres and a cabin will not harm me.
Valencia, if he marries the daughter of Carlos (as the senora says will come to pass), will be glad to have a cabin to live in apart from the mother of his wife, who is a shrew and will be disquieting in any man's household.

Therefore, Senor Hunter, you may order the peons to assist the big hombre and his beautiful senora, that they may soon have a hut to shelter them from the rains.

It is not good to see so gentle a woman endure hardship within my boundary.

Many tules, they will need," he added after a minute, "and it is unlikely that the Senor Seem'son understands the making of a thatch.

Diego and Juan are skillful; and the tules they lay upon a roof will let no drop of rain fall within the room.