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Chapter 23

           Hedidnotdeclaretheexactcauseofit;butCalhouncouldguess,bycertaininnuendosintroducedduringtheconversation,thatitwasthesameasthatbywhichhewashimselfactuatedthesametowhichmaybetracedalmosteveryquarrelthathasoccurredamongmen,fromTroytoTexasawoman!

           TheHeleninthiscaseappearedtobesomedark-eyeddonçelladwellingupontheRioGrande,whereMauricehadbeeninthehabitofmakinganoccasionalvisit,inwhoseeyeshehadfoundfavour,tothedisadvantageofherownconpaisano.

           TheMexicandidnotgivethename;andCalhoun,ashelistenedtohisexplanations,onlyhopedinhisheartthatthedamselwhohadslightedhimmighthavewontheheartofhisrival.

           Duringhisdaysofconvalescence,severalinterviewshadtakenplacebetweentheex-captainandtheintendedaccompliceinhispurposesofvengeanceenough,onemightsuppose,tohaverenderedthemcomplete.

           Whethertheywereso,ornot,andwhatthenatureoftheirhellishdesigns,werethingsknownonlytothebraceofkindredconfederates.TheoutsideworldbutknewthatCaptainCassiusCalhounandMiguelDiazknownbythenickname"ElCoyote,"appearedtohavetakenafancyforkeepingeachother’scompany;whilethemorerespectableportionofitwonderedatsuchanill-starredassociation.

           

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