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Djama went to prepare the food that Golden Star would soon need, and I went in search of the professor and Francis Hartness, and told them all that had happened, and then, when the professor had gone to bed to finish his broken night's rest, I and he who was my rival in love, and who was to be my brother-in-arms, went out from the courtyard into the patio which lay in front of the house, sloping down towards the entrance of the little valley in which the hacienda lay, and there, walking to and fro side by side, we talked long and earnestly of many things upon the doing of which my heart was set, and which might now be freely entered upon, seeing that the first object of our journey was already achieved.
I do not understand all now, but I must think, and think alone, so I will go. Then I went to Francis Hartness and held out my hand to him and said, after the fashion of the English, 'Good-night, Captain Hartness. You have wounded me sorely with your words, yet you have spoken them as only a friend could speak them.
'Come, Joyful Star, and see the sister that the Lord of Life made long ago in the image that you now wear. She said nothing, but, with a look of wondering question, put her hand into mine and I turned to lead her to the entrance. Djama, with a sudden exclamation, took a step forward as though he would stop her, but Francis Hartness put his hand on his shoulder, saying,
When I had finished telling this to Hartness I turned to the professor and said to him kindly,
I picked the dagger up again and started to my feet, and, still guarding Golden Star's bed, I turned and faced Djama as he came in, followed by the professor and Francis Hartness, with Joyful Star between them. 'There is your royal, would-be lover, Ruth! Come, if you don't believe me, you can hear from his own lips that upon you, and you alone, depends Golden Star's return to life.
When all had entered, Anahuac came and prostrated himself before me and said, 'The commands of the Son of the Sun are obeyed. All are here, and the door is shut. Before I answered him, I called Francis Hartness to me and said, 'Come here and stand by me, my friend, for I shall need your counsel. He came and stood by me on my right hand, saying as he looked still wonderingly at me,
Then, when the firing ceased again, those who had held the Cuartel, and had taken shelter in it as soon as the machine-guns began to play, threw open the doors to us and came out to welcome us, and Francis Hartness and I clasped hands as victors, and for the time being, at least, masters of the ancient City of the Sun, for with the Cuartel we had taken all the arms and ammunition stored up in Cuzco, including the three Gatling guns and the two Maxims; and more than this, the whole of the native population of the valley was in our favour.
The professor, too, looked about him, also wondering greatly at what he saw; but neither of them spoke till they had been led forward and stood before me. Then, while Djama still kept silence, the professor, looking from me to Hartness, said in a voice that had much wonder, but no fear or sign of guilt, in it, 'What is this? What does all this mean? What are all these soldiers here for, Vilcaroya?
At this all the others took fright and broke loose and galloped away in all directions. At the same instant the rifles of my men began cracking all round, and saddle after saddle was emptied as the bullets found their marks. 'I'm going to catch one of those horses, said Hartness suddenly to me, 'then I'll ride out and bring those other fellows up and show them what to do.
I kept silence, for my sorrow and wonder were too great for words, but I listened eagerly for what Francis Hartness would say in reply. 'She was in earnest when she spoke, he said, as quietly as the professor had spoken; 'but, if the doctor has as much sense as I give him credit for, she will have seen the thing in a different light by this time.
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