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Chapter 10

           ThearchitectureofCasadelCorvo,likethatofotherlargecountrymansionsinMexico,wasofastylethatmightbetermedMorisco-Mexican:beingasinglestoryinheight,withaflatroof—azotea—spoutedandparapetedallround;havingacourtyardinsidethewalls,termedpatio,opentothesky,withaflaggedfloor,afountain,andastonestairwayleadinguptotheroof;agrandentrancegateway—thesaguan—withamassivewoodendoor,thicklystuddedwithbolt-heads;andtwoorthreewindowsoneachside,defendedbyagrilleofstrongironbars,calledreja.ThesearethechiefcharacteristicsofaMexicanhacienda;andCasadelCorvodifferedbutlittlefromthetypealmostuniversalthroughoutthevastterritoriesofSpanishAmerica.

           SuchwasthehomesteadthatadornedthenewlyacquiredestateoftheLouisianaplanter—thathadbecomehispropertybypurchase.

           Asyetnochangehadtakenplaceintheexteriorofthedwelling;normuchinitsinterior,ifweexceptthepersonnelofitsoccupants.Aphysiognomy,halfAnglo-Saxon,halfFranco-American,presenteditselfincourtyardandcorridor,whereformerlywereseenonlyfacesofpureSpanishtype;andinsteadoftherichsonorouslanguageofAndalusia,wasnowheardtheharshergutturalofasemi-Teutonictongue—occasionallydiversifiedbythesweeteraccentuationofCreolianFrench.

           Outsidethewallsofthemansion—inthevillage-likeclusterofyucca-thatchedhutswhichformerlygavehousingtothepeonsandotherdependantsofthehacienda—thetransformationwasmorestriking.

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