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And afterward, when smiles came again, they fell into the inarticulate babblings that from the beginning of time have been the expression of lovers. They forgot time, so that neither knew how long it had been before a denim-clad soldier stood saluting in the doorway. Steve, over his shoulder, fired a question at the man. "What do you want?"
Four denim-clad troopers and a sergeant marched raggedly down the street and stopped in front of Harrison's adobe house. "The general wishes to see the señor," explained the sergeant. The American knew the crucial hour had come. This was the first move of Pasquale in the programme to destroy him. He made no protest, but stepped forward at once, leading his horse by the bridle.
He had heard of Colonel Cobo, and, remembering that denim-clad figure out yonder in the trampled garden, he knew that serious consequences would follow. The Volunteers were revengeful; their colonel was not the sort of man to forgive a deep humiliation.
At the same time Blake heard the scream of a denim-clad figure that suddenly pitched from the landing-ladder into the sea. Then came an answering volley, from somewhere close below Blake. He could not tell whether it was from the boat-flotilla or from the port-holes above it. But he knew that Tankred and his men were returning the gunboat's fire.
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