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Chapter 6

           Thentheoldporterwouldhobblein,sweepingtheflagstones,andthehousewasreadyfortheday.Alltheloftyroomsonthreesidesofthequadrangleopenedintoeachotherandintothecorredor,withitswrought-ironrailingsandaborderofflowers,whence,liketheladyofthemediaevalcastle,shecouldwitnessfromaboveallthedeparturesandarrivalsoftheCasa,towhichthesonorousarchedgatewaylentanairofstatelyimportance.

           Shehadwatchedhercarriagerollawaywiththethreeguestsfromthenorth.Shesmiled.Theirthreearmswentupsimultaneouslytotheirthreehats.CaptainMitchell,thefourth,inattendance,hadalreadybegunapompousdiscourse.Thenshelingered.Shelingered,approachingherfacetotheclustersofflowershereandthereasiftogivetimetoherthoughtstocatchupwithherslowfootstepsalongthestraightvistaofthecorredor.

           AfringedIndianhammockfromAroa,gaywithcolouredfeatherwork,hadbeenswungjudiciouslyinacornerthatcaughttheearlysun;forthemorningsarecoolinSulaco.Theclusterofflordenochebuenablazedingreatmassesbeforetheopenglassdoorsofthereceptionrooms.Abiggreenparrot,brilliantlikeanemeraldinacagethatflashedlikegold,screamedoutferociously,“VivaCostaguana!”thencalledtwicemellifluously,“Leonarda!Leonarda!”inimitationofMrs.Gould’svoice,andsuddenlytookrefugeinimmobilityandsilence.Mrs.Gouldreachedtheendofthegalleryandputherheadthroughthedoorofherhusband’sroom.

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