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I do not need to run any further risks on account of Paredes and his tin monarchy . He is already utterly ruined . I must get out of the reach of Santa Anna 's lieutenants , however , if I do not wish to be locked up . You and I can slip away all the more easily while this tumult is going on , and by noon to-morrow we may be well out on the road to Oaxaca . Will you be ready ? '' `` It 's just what I was wishing for ! '' exclaimed Ned .