They proceeded at once to take a hand in the conversation and offer their advice.

They suggested the expedition to Miramar, to Alcudia, to Manacor, discussing the time each journey would take, the money to be saved by the shorter course, the dust, and even the gradients of the road.

They had no interest in the business in the garage, and they were not at all concerned in the success of Hillyard's excursion.

That a stranger should carry away with him pleasant recollections of the beauties of Mallorca, was a matter of supreme indifference to them all.

But they were engaged in the favourite pursuit of the Spaniards of the towns.