"They are in Cadiz!" He decided after much thought. "That rascal, the robber, robbed me last night at nine or ten o'clock and escaped with them at midnight in the cargo boat. I will take the boat this very morning for Cadiz, and I will be very much surprised if I do not catch the robber and recover the daughters of my labour." So saying, he yet remained about twenty minutes near the scene of the disaster as if counting the missing pumpkins or planning terrible punishments for the robber, until it was eight o'clock and he left in the direction of the boat.