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Chapter 6
ItastonishedyoutohearhimtalkSpanish(Castillan,asthenativessay)ortheIndiandialectofthecountry-peoplesonaturally.HisaccenthadneverbeenEnglish;buttherewassomethingsoindelibleinalltheseancestralGoulds—liberators,explorers,coffeeplanters,merchants,revolutionists—ofCostaguana,thathe,theonlyrepresentativeofthethirdgenerationinacontinentpossessingitsownstyleofhorsemanship,wentonlookingthoroughlyEnglishevenonhorseback.ThisisnotsaidofhiminthemockingspiritoftheLlaneros—menofthegreatplains—whothinkthatnooneintheworldknowshowtositahorsebutthemselves.CharlesGould,tousethesuitablyloftyphrase,rodelikeacentaur.Ridingforhimwasnotaspecialformofexercise;itwasanaturalfaculty,aswalkingstraightistoallmensoundofmindandlimb;but,allthesame,whencanteringbesidetheruttyox-carttracktotheminehelookedinhisEnglishclothesandwithhisimportedsaddleryasthoughhehadcomethismomenttoCostaguanaathiseasyswiftpasotrote,straightoutofsomegreenmeadowattheothersideoftheworld.
