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His daughter sat on his left hand, while Don Estevan was placed upon the right. After them, the Senator and the chaplain, and Pedro Diaz. At the lower end were seated Tiburcio, Cuchillo, Baraja and Oroche. The chaplain pronounced the benedicite.
"Well then," continued Cuchillo, "when one has given himself, body and soul, to any cause, whatever it may be, it becomes his duty, as in my case, to put a full and complete constraint upon his affections, his passions, even his dearest interests ay, even upon any scruples of conscience that might arise in an over-delicate mind." "All the world knows that," said Baraja. "Just so, gentlemen.
The gun of the Senator shook in his hand Baraja commended his soul to all the saints in the Spanish calendar Cuchillo clutched his carbine, as if he would crush it between his fingers while the chief himself coolly awaited the denouement of the drama.
A most gracious smile playing upon the countenance of Cuchillo, denoted that his new acquaintance had correctly divined the truth. "Precisely," he replied, "the ill-behaviour of a friend towards me, and the malevolent hostility of the alcalde of Arispe have caused me to seek this tranquil retreat.
"Well, as regards Tiburcio," muttered Cuchillo to himself, "if you only keep the secret till this time to-morrow night, you may then shout it in his ears: I shall have no fear of his hearing you." The outlaw was one of those characters who soon recover from a shock, similar to that he had just received.
The latter had seated himself on the side of his camp-bedstead, and Cuchillo also sat down, using for his seat the skull of a bullock, which chanced to be in the house. It is the ordinary stool of this part of the country, where the luxury of chairs is still unknown at least in the houses of the poor.
The desert is like the sea, abounding in pirates, and the soul of Cuchillo is full of treason: it seems to me that the villain will be fatal to us." Suddenly Diaz dismounted, and picked up off the sand a dark object; it was a kind of valise, which Diaz at once recognised as belonging to Cuchillo.
I disarm but I shall play no more." The knives were again stuck into their scabbards, and the two adversaries mutually extended their hands to one another. At this moment, Diaz, by way of preventing any allusion to the recent quarrel, suddenly turning to Cuchillo, demanded: "Who, Senor Cuchillo, is this young man whom I saw riding by your side as you came up to the hacienda?
Besides the horse which he rode, the horseman led behind him another, saddled and bridled. He was evidently a messenger from Don Estevan. "Ah! is it you, Senor Cuchillo?" he cried out, as he rode up. "The devil!" grumbled the outlaw, at this ill-timed interruption. "Ah! is it you, Senor Benito?" he inquired, suddenly changing his tone. "Yes. Well, have you saved the man?
"When you have seen it, you will find it a place that a man like Cuchillo could not make up his mind to leave." Diaz departed to execute his orders, and Don Estevan caused his tent to be pitched again, that even in his absence his starry banner might float over the camp as a sign of his protective authority.
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