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Chapter 10

           SulacoNationalBankthere,withthesentryboxeseachsideofthegate.CasaAvellanosthisside,withalltheground-floorwindowsshuttered.AwonderfulwomanlivesthereMissAvellanosthebeautifulAntonia.Acharacter,sir!Ahistoricalwoman!OppositeCasaGould.Noblegateway.Yes,theGouldsoftheoriginalGouldConcession,thatalltheworldknowsofnow.Iholdseventeenofthethousand-dollarsharesintheConsolidatedSanTomemines.Allthepoorsavingsofmylifetime,sir,anditwillbeenoughtokeepmeincomforttotheendofmydaysathomewhenIretire.Igotinontheground-floor,yousee.DonCarlos,greatfriendofmine.Seventeensharesquitealittlefortunetoleavebehindone,too.Ihaveaniecemarriedaparsonmostworthyman,incumbentofasmallparishinSussex;noendofchildren.Iwasnevermarriedmyself.Asailorshouldexerciseself-denial.Standingunderthatverygateway,sir,withsomeyoungengineer-fellows,readytodefendthathousewherewehadreceivedsomuchkindnessandhospitality,IsawthefirstandlastchargeofPedrito’shorsemenuponBarrios’stroops,whohadjusttakentheHarbourGate.TheycouldnotstandthenewriflesbroughtoutbythatpoorDecoud.Itwasamurderousfire.Inamomentthestreetbecameblockedwithamassofdeadmenandhorses.Theynevercameonagain.”

           AndalldayCaptainMitchellwouldtalklikethistohismoreorlesswillingvictim

           “ThePlaza.Icallitmagnificent.TwicetheareaofTrafalgarSquare.

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