Chapter 10

           Theestate,or"hacienda,"knownasCasadelCorvo,extendedalongthewoodedbottomoftheLeonaRiverformorethanaleague,andtwicethatdistancesouthwardsacrossthecontiguousprairie.

           Thehouseitselfusually,thoughnotcorrectly,styledthehaciendastoodwithinlongcannonrangeofFortInge;fromwhichitswhitewallswerepartiallyvisible;theremainingportionbeingshadowedbytallforesttreesthatskirtedthebanksofthestream.

           Itssitewaspeculiar,andnodoubtchosenwithaviewtodefence:foritsfoundationshadbeenlaidatatimewhenIndianassailantsmightbeexpected;asindeedtheymightbe,andoftenare,atthepresenthour.

           Therewasacurveoftheriverclosinguponitself,liketheshoeofaracehorse,orthearcofacircle,threepartscomplete;thechordofwhich,oraparallelogramtraceduponit,mightbetakenastheground-planofthedwelling.HencethenameCasadelCorvo"theHouseoftheCurve"(curvedriver).

           Thefaçade,orentranceside,frontedtowardstheprairiethelatterforminganoblelawnthatextendedtotheedgeofthehorizonincomparisonwithwhichanimperialparkwouldhaveshrunkintothedimensionsofapaddock.

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