They had travelled at night, so as to avoid being questioned by the French cavalry, who were scattered all over the country.

Ryan was glad to see the men who had risked so much for him, and very pleased to be able to exchange his peasant's clothes for his uniform.

The next morning, he and Leon mounted and rode by the track by which Terence would arrive, and met him halfway between Vega and the camp.

The greeting was a hearty one, indeed and, as Ryan shook hands with Moras, he said: "I cannot tell you, senor, how much I am indebted to Don Leon for the splendid way in which he managed my rescue.

Nothing could have been more admirably contrived, or better carried out.