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Chapter 66

           Notlong,beforediscoveringthatthehorsemenhavecommencedadvancingtowardshernotalongthetravelledtrail,butthroughthethicket!Andnotalltogether,butasiftheyhadseparated,andwereendeavouringtoaccomplishasurround!

           Shecantellthis,byhearingthehoof-strokesindifferentdirections:allgoinggently,butevidentlydivergingfromeachother;whiletheridersarepreservingaprofoundsilence,ominouseitherofcunningorcautionperhapsofevilintent?

           Theymayhavediscoveredherposition?Theneighingofhersteedhasbetrayedit?Theymayberidingtogetroundherinordertoadvancefromdifferentsides,andmakesureofhercapture?

           Howisshetoknowthattheirintentisnothostile?ShehasenemiesonewellrememberedDonMiguelDiaz.Besides,therearetheComanchestobedistrustedatalltimes,andnownolongerenpaz.

           Shebeginstofeelalarm.Ithasbeenlonginarising;butthebehaviouroftheunseenhorsemenisatleastsuspicious.Ordinarytravellerswouldhavecontinuedalongthetrail.Thesearesneakingthroughthechapparal!

           Shelooksaroundher,scanningherplaceofconcealment.Sheexamines,onlytodistrustit.Thethin,featheryfrondageofthemezquitwillnotscreenherfromaneyepassingnear.Thehoof-strokestell,thatmorethanonecavalieriscomingthatway.Shemustsoonbediscovered.

           Atthethought,shestrikesthespurintoherhorse’sside,andridesoutfromthethicket.Then,turningalongthetrail,shetrotsonintotheopenplain,thatextendstowardstheAlamo.

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