Mateo has not come back yet.

If they are holding him--" "I'm ready to go when you are.

Let's run her out before it's plumb dark under here.

She can't be seen in this light very far--and if a man comes close enough to see her, he'd get wise anyway.

Uh course," he apologized quickly, "that's more thinking than I'm paid to do, but you got to let me think a little bit now and then, or I can't fly no two thousand dollars worth to-night." "I meant thinking about my part in the game.