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Chapter 8

           Butthedoctor,engrossedbyadesperateadventureofhisown,wasterribleinthepursuitofhisidea.Heletanexclamationofregretescapehim.

           “Icouldalmostwishyouhadshoutedandshownalight.”

           ThisunexpectedutteranceastoundedtheCapatazbyitscharacterofcold-bloodedatrocity.Itwasasmuchastosay,“Iwishyouhadshownyourselfacoward;Iwishyouhadhadyourthroatcutforyourpains.”Naturallyhereferredittohimself,whereasitrelatedonlytothesilver,beingutteredsimplyandwithmanymentalreservations.Surpriseandragerenderedhimspeechless,andthedoctorpursued,practicallyunheardbyNostromo,whosestirredbloodwasbeatingviolentlyinhisears.

           “ForIamconvincedSotilloinpossessionofthesilverwouldhaveturnedshortroundandmadeforsomesmallportabroad.Economicallyitwouldhavebeenwasteful,butstilllesswastefulthanhavingitsunk.Itwasthenextbestthingtohavingitathandinsomesafeplace,andusingpartofittobuyupSotillo.ButIdoubtwhetherDonCarloswouldhaveevermadeuphismindtoit.HeisnotfitforCostaguana,andthatisafact,Capataz.”

           TheCapatazhadmasteredthefurythatwaslikeatempestinhisearsintimetohearthenameofDonCarlos.Heseemedtohavecomeoutofitachangedmanamanwhospokethoughtfullyinasoftandevenvoice.

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