"When we get back you shall be paid for it." At the moment he intended to present him with the two hundred dollars which were cumbering his boots.

But by the time they had reached Garcia's hacienda on the way back to Santa Fe, his gratitude had fallen off seventy-five per cent, and he thought fifty enough.

Even that diminished his profits on the expedition to four hundred and fifty dollars.

And Coronado, although extravagant, was not generous; he liked to spend money, but he hated to give it or pay it.
During the four days which immediately followed his safe return to Santa Fe, he and Garcia were in a worry of anxiety.

Would Manga Colorada fulfil his contract and cast a shadow of peril over the Bernalillo route?
Would letters or messengers arrive from California, informing Clara of the death and will of Munoz?
Everything happened as they wished; reports came that the Apaches were raiding in Bernalillo; the girl received no news concerning her grandfather.