"Yes," Frank replied, "they must be there by this time.  Jimmie said they were to leave San Francisco on the 7th, or about that time.  It would take a week or more to get to Lima, for they couldn't remain in the air long at a time, and the resting spells would set them back a little.  Suppose they got to Lima on the 14th, which was last Monday, they could rest up and go prowling over that dirty little republic--which is not a republic at all, but a despotism tempered by revolution."