Now they have lost two to our one. The gods are turning in our favour.'It was Chato who said, 'Killing Rojas was enough. It was wrong to kill the old man.''Silence!' Ortiz said. 'Manilot was told by me to turn the horses loose. The old man saw him and would have shot him. Now they are both dead. The next one to be dead must be Rivera.''Do we wait for them here?' Kata wanted to know.Ortiz shook his head. 'First we must confuse them a little.' He turned to a small, swarthy man in a green shirt and leather waistcoast. 'Paco, take my horse and six men. Ride to Adobe Wells, then circle back here. We will take the pack trail through the canyon and across the mountains to the Place of Green Waters. We will wait for you there.''How can we be sure that Nachita will follow Paco and not us?' Kata said. 'The old one is cunning.''Which is why he will follow the band led by my horse,' Ortiz said.'Perhaps they also will split into two groups?''There are too few of them.' Ortiz shook his head. 'They sleep lightly enough as it is.'Paco had already selected his men.
