Not till we are sure to die, do we
go into the dark like that."
The Senora hesitated. She did not share Alessandro's prejudice in
favor of fresh air.
"Night and day both?" she said. "Surely it is not well to sleep out in
the night?"
"That is the best of all, Senora," replied Alessandro, earnestly. "I
beg the Senora to try it. If Senor Felipe have not mended greatly
after the first night he had so slept, then Alessandro will be a liar."
"No, only mistaken," said the Senora, gently. She felt herself
greatly drawn to this young man by his devotion, as she thought, of
Felipe. "When I die and leave Felipe here," she had more than once
said to herself, "it would be a great good to him to have such a
servant as this on the place."
"Very well, Alessandro," she replied; "make the bed, and we will
try it at once."
This was early in the forenoon. The sun was still high in the west,
when Ramona, sitting as usual in the veranda, at her embroidery,
saw Alessandro coming, followed by two men, bearing the
raw-hide bed.
"What can that be?" she said.
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