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Chapter 35

           "Carrambo!carrai!carajochingara!mildiablos!"mingledwithmoreperhapslessreverentialexclamationsof"SangredeCristo!Jesus!SantissimaVirgen!SantaMaria!Dios!MadredeDios!"andthelike,wereutteredinsidethejacalé,asifthespeakerwasengagedinanapostrophicconversationwithalltheprincipalcharactersofthePopishPantheon.

           Calhounpauseduponthethreshold,andlistened.

           "Malditdito!"mutteredthesleeper,concludingtheexclamationwithahiccup."Buenbuenosnove-dad-es!Goodnews,porsangreChreesChreesto!SiS’ñorMericancano!Novedadess’perbos!LosIndyosCocomancheesonthewar-trailelrastrodeguerra.GodblesstheCocomanchees!"

           "Thebrute’sdrunk!"saidhisvisitor,mechanicallyspeakingaloud.

           "H’laS’ñor!"exclaimedtheownerofthejacalé,arousedtoastateofsemi-consciousnessbythesoundofahumanvoice."Quienllama!Whohasthehonourthatis,haveIthehappinessI,MiguelDiazelCocoyoté,astheleperoscallme.Ha,ha!coyocoyot.Bah!what’sinaname?Yours,S’ñor?Mildemonios!whoareyou?"

           Partiallyraisinghimselffromhisreedcouch,theinebriateremainedforashorttimeinasittingattitudeglaring,halfinterrogatively,halfunconsciously,attheindividualwhosevoicehadintrudeditselfintohisdrunkendreams.

           Theunsteadyexaminationlastedonlyforascoreofseconds

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