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Chapter 4

           “Butherewehavethenakedtruthfromthemouthofthatchild.Youareright,DonJose.ThenaturaltreasuresofCostaguanaareofimportancetotheprogressiveEuroperepresentedbythisyouth,justasthreehundredyearsagothewealthofourSpanishfatherswasaseriousobjecttotherestofEuropeasrepresentedbytheboldbuccaneers.Thereisacurseoffutilityuponourcharacter:DonQuixoteandSanchoPanza,chivalryandmaterialism,high-soundingsentimentsandasupinemorality,violenteffortsforanideaandasullenacquiescenceineveryformofcorruption.Weconvulsedacontinentforourindependenceonlytobecomethepassivepreyofademocraticparody,thehelplessvictimsofscoundrelsandcut-throats,ourinstitutionsamockery,ourlawsafarceaGuzmanBentoourmaster!Andwehavesunksolowthatwhenamanlikeyouhasawakenedourconscience,astupidbarbarianofaMonteroGreatHeavens!aMontero!becomesadeadlydanger,andanignorant,boastfulIndio,likeBarrios,isourdefender.”

           ButDonJose,disregardingthegeneralindictmentasthoughhehadnotheardawordofit,tookupthedefenceofBarrios.Themanwascompetentenoughforhisspecialtaskintheplanofcampaign.Itconsistedinanoffensivemovement,withCaytaasbase,upontheflankoftheRevolutionistforcesadvancingfromthesouthagainstSta.Marta,whichwascoveredbyanotherarmywiththePresident-Dictatorinitsmidst.

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