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Chapter 21

           Women,too,butscantilyrobedsoldiers’wives,washerwomen,and"señoritas"ofmorequestionablecallinghadfoundtheirwayintothestreet,andwereendeavouringtoextractfromthosewhohadforestalledthemanexplanationofthefracas.

           Theconversationwascarriedoninlowtones.Itwasknownthatthecommandantofthepostwaspresent,aswellasothersinauthority;andthischeckedanypropensitytheremighthavebeenfornoisydemonstration.

           Thecrowd,thuspromiscuouslycollected,wasnotincloseproximitywiththehotel;butstandingwelloutintheopenground,aboutadozenyardsfromthebuilding.Towardsit,however,theeyesofallweredirected,withthatsteadystarewhichtellsoftheattentionbeingfixedonsomeengrossingspectacle.Theywerewatchingthemovementsoftwomen,whosepositionswereapartoneateachendoftheheavyblockhouse,knowntobethebar-roomofthehotel;andwhere,asalreadystated,therewasadoor.

           Thoughseparatedbytheinterpositionoftwothicklogwalls,andmutuallyinvisible,thesemenweremanoeuvringasifactuatedbyacommonimpulse.Theystoodcontiguoustotheentrancedoors,atoppositeendsofthebar-room,throughbothofwhichglaredthelightofthecamphinelampsfallinginbroaddivergentbandsupontheroughgraveloutside.Neitherwasinfrontofthecontiguousentrance;butalittletooneside,justclearofthelight.Neitherwasinanuprightattitude,butcrouchingnotasiffromfear,butlikearunnerabouttomakeastart,andstraininguponthespring.

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