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Chapter 7
“TheCapatazofCargadores,thatItaliansailorofwhomIhavewrittentoyoubefore,hassavedhimfromanignobledeath.Thatmanseemstohaveaparticulartalentforbeingonthespotwheneverthereissomethingpicturesquetobedone.
“Hewaswithmeatfouro’clockinthemorningattheofficesofthePorvenir,wherehehadturnedupsoearlyinordertowarnmeofthecomingtrouble,andalsotoassuremethathewouldkeephisCargadoresonthesideoforder.Whenthefulldaylightcamewewerelookingtogetheratthecrowdonfootandonhorseback,demonstratingonthePlazaandshyingstonesatthewindowsoftheIntendencia.Nostromo(thatisthenametheycallhimbyhere)waspointingouttomehisCargadoresinterspersedinthemob.
“ThesunshineslateuponSulaco,forithasfirsttoclimbabovethemountains.Inthatclearmorninglight,brighterthantwilight,NostromosawrightacrossthevastPlaza,attheendofthestreetbeyondthecathedral,amountedmanapparentlyindifficultieswithayellingknotofleperos.Atoncehesaidtome,‘That’sastranger.Whatisittheyaredoingtohim?’Thenhetookoutthesilverwhistleheisinthehabitofusingonthewharf(thismanseemstodisdaintheuseofanymetallesspreciousthansilver)andblewintoittwice,evidentlyapreconcertedsignalforhisCargadores.Heranoutimmediately,andtheyralliedroundhim.Iranout,too,butwastoolatetofollowthemandhelpintherescueofthestranger,whoseanimalhadfallen.
