After training Jaime in the meadow as usual, Zorro took a more scenic route back to the hacienda, aware that the boy could be following him.
He blurred the tracks twice and rode Toronado over rocks to minimise the tracks, treating the threat almost as serious as an attempt by a previous alcalde to trap him.
He let Toronado loose near the hacienda fence, climbed a tree, and sat on top of the garden wall gazing at Victoria as she moved among the roses.
He leapt down at her feet, and she cried out, catching a finger on a thorn.