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Suddenly he was confronted by a motionless horseman dimly seen on the embankment ahead of him , and in another minute the comrades were exchanging greetings . `` How did you reach Enramada without my knowledge ? '' asked Ridge , finally . `` I have watched every moving creature in the place since noon . '' `` Slipped in , disguised by this horrible Cuban costume , after dark , '' laughed Navarro . `` Should n't have come at all but for my promise , and a recollection that I was a prisoner of war on parole , since I learned at Jiguani that Enramada was occupied by the insurgents . '' `` But I have a pass for you from Garcia himself . ''