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Chapter 8

           Withasmiletoherhusband’ssingle,quick,upwardglance,shewouldwatchthewholethingstreampastbelowherfeetwithanorderlyuproar,tillsheansweredbyafriendlysignthesaluteofthegallopingDonPepe,thestiff,deferentialinclinationwithasweepofthehatbelowtheknee.

           Thestringofpadlockedcartslengthened,thesizeoftheescortgrewbiggerastheyearswenton.EverythreemonthsanincreasingstreamoftreasuresweptthroughthestreetsofSulacoonitswaytothestrongroomintheO.S.N.Co.‘sbuildingbytheharbour,theretoawaitshipmentfortheNorth.Increasinginvolume,andofimmensevaluealso;for,asCharlesGouldtoldhiswifeoncewithsomeexultation,therehadneverbeenseenanythingintheworldtoapproachtheveinoftheGouldConcession.Forthemboth,eachpassingoftheescortunderthebalconiesoftheCasaGouldwaslikeanothervictorygainedintheconquestofpeaceforSulaco.

           NodoubttheinitialactionofCharlesGouldhadbeenhelpedatthebeginningbyaperiodofcomparativepeacewhichoccurredjustaboutthattime;andalsobythegeneralsofteningofmannersascomparedwiththeepochofcivilwarswhencehademergedtheirontyrannyofGuzmanBentooffearfulmemory.Intheconteststhatbrokeoutattheendofhisrule(whichhadkeptpeaceinthecountryforawholefifteenyears)therewasmorefatuousimbecility,plentyofcrueltyandsufferingstill,butmuchlessoftheold-timefierceandblindlyferociouspoliticalfanaticism.

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