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Chapter 3

           

           “AnarmyanarmycrossedthemountainsunderPedritoalready,”hehadrepeated,unabletohidehisconsternation.“IfithadnotbeenthatIamgiventhenewsbyamanofyourpositionIwouldneverhavebelievedit.Astonishing!”

           “Anarmedforce,”correctedtheengineer,suavely.Hisaimwasattained.ItwastokeepSulacoclearofanyarmedoccupationforafewhourslonger,toletthosewhomfearimpelledleavethetown.InthegeneraldismaytherewerefamilieshopefulenoughtoflyupontheroadtowardsLosHatos,whichwasleftopenbythewithdrawalofthearmedrabbleunderSenoresFuentesandGamacho,toRincon,withtheirenthusiasticwelcomeforPedroMontero.Itwasahastyandriskyexodus,anditwassaidthatHernandez,occupyingwithhisbandthewoodsaboutLosHatos,wasreceivingthefugitives.Thatagoodmanypeopleheknewwerecontemplatingsuchaflighthadbeenwellknowntothechiefengineer.

           FatherCorbelan’seffortsinthecauseofthatmostpiousrobberhadnotbeenaltogetherfruitless.ThepoliticalchiefofSulacohadyieldedatthelastmomenttotheurgententreatiesofthepriest,hadsignedaprovisionalnominationappointingHernandezageneral,andcallinguponhimofficiallyinthisnewcapacitytopreserveorderinthetown.Thefactisthatthepoliticalchief,seeingthesituationdesperate,didnotcarewhathesigned.ItwasthelastofficialdocumenthesignedbeforeheleftthepalaceoftheIntendenciafortherefugeoftheO.S.N.Company’soffice.

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