"Get ready for the boats at once!" Carlos and Juan fled away, glad to escape the sight of their master.
"Now that they have escaped, what do you think they will do ?" asked Alvarez of Wyatt.
"They will go to New Orleans," replied the renegade promptly, "and appear before Bernardo Galvez to denounce you." "Then our own start must not be delayed a moment!" exclaimed Alvarez.
In an hour he and his force were ready to embark..