More are coming.

Don't you hear them ?" "Yes; and I see shadows in the distance." "The shadows are soldiers, and we shall have to charge them whether they be few or many, _amigo mio_; so say your prayers and draw your Toledo.

But first let us shake hands, we may never--" "I am quite ready to charge by your side, Carmen; but would it not be better, think you, to try what a little strategy will do ?" "With all my heart, if you can suggest anything feasible.

I like a fight immensely--when the odds are not too great--and I hope to die fighting.
All the same, I have no very strong desire to die at this particular moment." "Neither have I.So let us go on like peaceable travellers, and the chances are that these men, taking for granted that the others have let us pass, will not meddle with us.

If they do, we must make the best fight we can." "A happy thought! Let us act on it.