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Chapter 6

           TherumourhasjustreachedCayta,andthemaninchargeofthecablestationtherehastelegraphedthenewstohiscolleaguehere.WemightjustaswellhavekeptBarriosinSulaco.”

           “What’stobedonenow?”murmuredMrs.Gould.

           “Nothing.He’satseawiththetroops.HewillgettoCaytainacoupleofdays’timeandlearnthenewsthere.Whathewilldothen,whocansay?HoldCayta?OfferhissubmissiontoMontero?Disbandhisarmythislastmostlikely,andgohimselfinoneoftheO.S.N.Company’ssteamers,northorsouthtoValparaisoortoSanFrancisco,nomatterwhere.OurBarrioshasagreatpracticeinexilesandrepatriations,whichmarkthepointsinthepoliticalgame.”

           Decoud,exchangingasteadystarewithMrs.Gould,added,tentatively,asitwere,“Andyet,ifwehadcouldhavebeendone.”

           “Monterovictorious,completelyvictorious!”Mrs.Gouldbreathedoutinatoneofunbelief.

           “Acanard,probably.Thatsortofbirdishatchedingreatnumbersinsuchtimesasthese.Andevenifitweretrue?Well,letusputthingsattheirworst,letussayitistrue.”

           “Theneverythingislost,”saidMrs.Gould,withthecalmnessofdespair.

           Suddenlysheseemedtodivine,sheseemedtoseeDecoud’stremendousexcitementunderitscloakofstudiedcarelessness.Itwas,indeed,becomingvisibleinhisaudaciousandwatchfulstare,inthecurve,half-reckless,half-contemptuous,ofhislips.

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