"I think that they will be now in Jeres, if that would suit you, senor;
but if not I could doubtless find a party of men in this town equally
ready for your business."
"Jeres will do very well for me," Gerald said; "I shall be travelling
that way and will put up at the Fonda where we stopped as we came
through. When are you starting?"
"It depends whether I make my bargain with a man at your hotel," the
muleteer replied; "and this I doubt not I shall do, for with the twenty
crowns your honour is going to give me I shall not stand out for terms.
He is travelling with clothes from Flanders, and if your worship
thought--"
"No," Gerald said. "I do not wish to undertake any adventures of that
sort until I have a band properly organized, and have arranged hiding-
places and methods of getting rid of the booty. I will go back with you
to the inn, and if you strike your bargain you can tell me as you pass
out of the gate what evening you will meet me at Jeres."
On arriving at the inn Gerald lounged at the gate of the court-yard
until the muleteer came out.
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