Blood. I shall never forget."
But as it was not the voice he desired to hear, the assurance brought
him little satisfaction. He stood there in the dark watching the
fireflies amid the rhododendrons, till the hoofbeats had faded. Then
he sighed and roused himself. He had much to do. His journey into
the town had not been one of idle curiosity to see how the Spaniards
conducted themselves in victory. It had been inspired by a very
different purpose, and he had gained in the course of it all the
information he desired. He had an extremely busy night before him,
and must be moving.
He went off briskly in the direction of the stockade, where his
fellow-slaves awaited him in deep anxiety and some hope.
CHAPTER IX
THE REBELS-CONVICT
There were, when the purple gloom of the tropical night descended
upon the Caribbean, not more than ten men on guard aboard the Cinco
Llagas, so confident - and with good reason - were the Spaniards of
the complete subjection of the islanders. And when I say that there
were ten men on guard, I state rather the purpose for which they
were left aboard than the duty which they fulfilled.
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