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He went out, and one by one, with sullen looks and hostile demeanour, Rubia's escort followed. Their manner was unmistakable; they were deserting her. Rubia clasped her hands over her eyes. "Madre de Dios, Madre de Dios," she moaned over and over again. Then in a low voice she repeated her own words: "May it be a blight to her.
"It is you who have killed him," cried the woman who had summoned her. The rest of Rubia's escort, vaqueros, peons, and the old alcalde of her native village, stood about with bared heads. "That is true. That is true," they murmured. The old alcalde stepped forward. "Who dishonours my friend dishonours me," he said. "From this day, Senorita Ytuerate, you and I are strangers."
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