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Chapter 2

           

           Itwastrue,thatwhensearchedforarmsinthehalldownstairs,beforebeingtakenintoSotillo’spresence,CaptainMitchellhadbeenrelievedofhiswatchandchain;butatthecolonel’sclamouritwasproducedquicklyenough,acorporalbringingitup,carriedcarefullyinthepalmsofhisjoinedhands.Sotillosnatchedit,andpushedtheclenchedfistfromwhichitdangledclosetoCaptainMitchell’sface.

           “Nowthen!YouarrogantEnglishman!Youdaretocallthesoldiersofthearmythieves!Beholdyourwatch.”

           Heflourishedhisfistasifaimingblowsattheprisoner’snose.CaptainMitchell,helplessasaswathedinfant,lookedanxiouslyatthesixty-guineagoldhalf-chronometer,presentedtohimyearsagobyaCommitteeofUnderwritersforsavingashipfromtotallossbyfire.Sotillo,too,seemedtoperceiveitsvaluableappearance.Hebecamesilentsuddenly,steppedasidetothetable,andbeganacarefulexaminationinthelightofthecandles.Hehadneverseenanythingsofine.Hisofficersclosedinandcranedtheirnecksbehindhisback.

           Hebecamesointerestedthatforaninstantheforgothispreciousprisoner.Thereisalwayssomethingchildishintherapacityofthepassionate,clear-minded,Southernraces,wantinginthemistyidealismoftheNortherners,whoatthesmallestencouragementdreamofnothinglessthantheconquestoftheearth.Sotillowasfondofjewels,goldtrinkets,ofpersonaladornment.

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