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Chapter 35

           Thentheownerofthejacalé,withanunintelligiblespeech,subsidedintoarecumbentposition;whenasavagegrunt,succeededbyaprolongedsnore,provedhimtohavebecomeoblivioustothefactthathisdomicilecontainedaguest.

           "Anotherchancelost!"saidthelatter,hissingthewordsthroughhisteeth,asheturneddisappointedlyfromthedoor.

           "Asoberfoolandadrunkenknavetwoprecioustoolswherewith,toaccomplishapurposelikemine!Cursetheluck!Allthisnightit’sbeenagainstme!Itmaybethreelonghoursbeforethispigsleepsofftheswillthathasstupefiedhim.Threelonghours,andthenwhatwouldbetheuseofhim?’Twouldbetoolatetoolate!"

           Ashesaidthis,hecaughtthereinofhisbridle,andstoodbytheheadofhishorse,asifuncertainwhatcoursetopursue.

           "Nousemystayinghere!Itmightbedaybreakbeforethedamnedliquorgetsoutofhisskull.Imayaswellgobacktothehaciendaandwaitthere;orelseorelse"

           Thealternative,thatatthiscrisispresenteditself,wasnor,spokenaloud.Whateveritmayhavebeen,ithadtheeffectofterminatingthehesitancythatlivingoverhim,andstirringhimtoimmediateaction.

           Roughlytearinghisreinfromthebranch,andpassingitoverhishorse’shead,hesprangintothesaddle,androdeofffromthejacaléinadirectiontheveryoppositetothatinwhichhehadapproachedit.

           

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