You'll remember, Ned, that we're a half mile from the mainland." Fully two weeks passed before they decided that Ned was restored to his old self.

Meanwhile they had matured their plan.
"We came in as Texans," said Obed, "but we must go out as Mexicans.
There is no other way.

It's all simple in the saying, but we've got to be mighty quick in the doing.

We must make the change right here in this cell of yours, because, you having been an invalid so long, they're likely to be careless about you." Ned agreed with him fully, and they began to train their bodies and minds for a supreme effort.

They were now able to tell the difference between night and day by the temperature.