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But they give eclat to the house, and eclat is money. That's it, sir! Gold is the deity of our pantheon! I've shut up the great Italian opera, with its three squalling prima donnas, which in turn has shut up the poor, silly Empresario as they call him; and the St. Cecilia I have just used up. I'm a team in my way, you see; run all these fashionable oppositions right into bankruptcy."
The river was gained on the night of October 9th, and while scouts were out reconnoitring, the brave little band was joined by Colonel Ben Milam, an old Texan empresario, who had been confined for political reasons in the jail at Monterey. Of this gallant man we will hear more later.
But they give eclat to the house, and eclat is money. That's it, sir! Gold is the deity of our pantheon! I've shut up the great Italian opera, with its three squalling prima donnas, which in turn has shut up the poor, silly Empresario, as they call him; and the St. Cecilia I have just used up. I'm a team in my way, you see; run all these fashionable oppositions right into bankruptcy."
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