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Who does not in Andalusia? replied the host, a stout man, who had once cooked for a military mess at Gibraltar, and professed himself acquainted with the requirements of English gentlemen. 'I have a letter to General Vincente, and must go to Ronda as soon as possible. These are stirring times in Spain.
'They have sent a messenger to Madrid, Excellency, with the news that the Queen is on the road to Toledo, said Concepcion. 'It is well, answered Vincente, with a laugh.
Vincente had been acquainted with some of the men, and was firmly persuaded of the virtues of the green beads. When I expressed my doubts of the efficacy of the beads, against a musket ball well directed, his anger rose; but there was pity mingled with it." Labat brings these stones from the Orellana, or river of the Amazons.
'And this good Conyngham, he added, 'carried me like a child. Julia was on her knees at the foot of the sofa, her face hidden in her hands. 'My dear Julia, he said, 'why this distress? 'Because all of this is my doing, she answered, lifting her drawn and terror-stricken face. 'No, no! said Vincente, with a characteristic pleasantry. 'You take too much upon yourself.
If Conyngham agrees, he must meet you at the back of the Church of Santo Tome in the Calle Pedro Martir here, in Toledo, next Monday evening at seven o'clock. Will you write this letter, Julia? 'And Estella Vincente? inquired Julia. 'She will forget him in a week, laughed Larralde. 'Who knows? the man is proven by the hour. After the great storm came a calm almost as startling.
Don Vincente Ribiera made a few steps under the deck-awning, leaning on the arm of Senor Avellanos; a wide circle was formed round him, where the mirthless smile of his dark lips and the sightless glitter of his spectacles could be seen turning amiably from side to side.
Vincente stood and looked out through the aperture at the moonlit square and the dark shadows moving there. 'I wish they would shout, he said. 'It is unnatural. They are like children. When there is noise there is little mischief. Then he remained silent for some minutes, watching intently. All in the room noted his every movement. At length he turned on his heel.
Soon, he says, we, Jaime and Remigio and, I added, you will have to go out. He is to let us know when and how." "Do the police know he is in Havana?" "We think not; they haven't been about the house since the investigation of the de Vaca affair, and our servants are not spies. You must come and see Vincente this evening, for he may leave at any hour.
'And I have not even the excuse of my cloth. I am abroad on worldly business, and not even my own. I will be honest with you, Senor Conyngham. I am here to buy that malediction of a letter in a pink envelope. You remember in the garden at Ronda, eh? 'Yes, I remember; and why do you want that letter? 'For the sake of Julia Barenna. 'Ah! I want it for the sake of Estella Vincente.
'It is still enough and quiet, said Concha, looking out. 'As quiet as a watching cat, replied Vincente. 'What lot is mine Whose foresight preaches peace, my heart so slow To feel it! Through these quiet streets the party clattered noisily enough, for the rain had left the rounded stones slippery, and the horses were too tired for a sure step.
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