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Chapter 91

           Onthroughthethicketrushthethreehorsemen;notinastraightline,butalongthelistsandcattletracksnowdirect,nowinsweepingcurves,nowsharplyzigzaggingtoavoidtheobstructionsofthetimber.

           Ongothey,regardlessofbushorbrakefearlessly,buffetedbythesharpspinesofthecactus,andthestingingthornsofthemezquites.

           Thebranchessnapandcrackle,astheycleavetheirwaybetween;whilethebirds,scaredbytherudeintrusion,flyscreamingtosomesaferroost.

           Abraceofblackvultures,whohaverisenwithacroakfromtheirperchuponascathedbranch,soarupintotheair.Instincttellsthem,thatapursuitsoimpetuouscanendonlyindeath.Onbroadshadowywingstheykeeppacewithit.

           Itisnowachaseinwhichthepursuedhastheadvantageofthepursuers.Hecanchoosehispath;whiletheyhavenochoicebuttofollowhim.

           Lessfromhavingincreasedthedistance,thanbytheinterpositionofthetrees,heissoonoutofsightofboth;aseachisoftheother.

           Nooneofthethreecanseeeitheroftheothertwo;thoughallareundertheeyesofthevultures.

           Outofsightofhispursuers,theadvantageofthepursuedisgreaterthanever.Heisfreetokeeponatfullspeed;whiletheymustsubmittothedelayofridingalongatrail.Hecanstillbefollowedbythesoundofhishoofstrokesahead,andtheswishingofthebranchesashebreaksthroughbetweenthem;butforallthattheforemostofhistwopursuersbeginstodespair.

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