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           ItwasthesameGuzmanBentowho,becominglaterPerpetualPresident,famedforhisruthlessandcrueltyranny,readiedhisapotheosisinthepopularlegendofasanguinaryland-hauntingspectrewhosebodyhadbeencarriedoffbythedevilinpersonfromthebrickmausoleuminthenaveoftheChurchofAssumptioninSta.Marta.Thus,atleast,thepriestsexplaineditsdisappearancetothebarefootedmultitudethatstreamedin,awestruck,togazeattheholeinthesideoftheuglyboxofbricksbeforethegreataltar.

           GuzmanBentoofcruelmemoryhadputtodeathgreatnumbersofpeoplebesidesCharlesGould’suncle;butwitharelativemartyredinthecauseofaristocracy,theSulacoOligarchs(thiswasthephraseologyofGuzmanBento’stime;nowtheywerecalledBlancos,andhadgivenupthefederalidea),whichmeantthefamiliesofpureSpanishdescent,consideredCharlesasoneofthemselves.Withsuchafamilyrecord,noonecouldbemoreofaCostaguanerothanDonCarlosGould;buthisaspectwassocharacteristicthatinthetalkofcommonpeoplehewasjusttheInglez—theEnglishmanofSulaco.HelookedmoreEnglishthanacasualtourist,asortofhereticpilgrim,however,quiteunknowninSulaco.HelookedmoreEnglishthanthelastarrivedbatchofyoungrailwayengineers,thananybodyoutofthehunting-fieldpicturesinthenumbersofPunchreachinghiswife’sdrawing-roomtwomonthsorsoafterdate.