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Chapter 2

           Onsayingthis,thestrangerrodeafewpacesapart;andappearedtoscrutinisethecountry—asiftodeterminethedirectionwhichthetravellersshouldtake.

           Poisedconspicuouslyuponthecrestoftheridge,horseandmanpresentedapictureworthyofskilfuldelineation.

           Asteed,suchasmighthavebeenriddenbyanArabsheik—blood-bayincolour—broadincounter—withlimbscleanasculmsofcane,andhipsofellipticaloutline,continuedintoamagnificenttailsweepingrearwardlikearainbow:onhisbackarider—ayoungmanofnotmorethanfive-and-twenty—ofnobleformandfeatures;habitedinthepicturesquecostumeofaMexicanranchero—spencerjacketofvelveteen—calzoneroslacedalongtheseams—calzoncillosofsnow-whitelawn—botasofbuffleather,heavilyspurredattheheels—aroundthewaistascarfofscarletcrape;andonhisheadahatofblackglaze,bandedwithgoldbullion.Picturetoyourselfahorsemanthushabited;seatedinadeeptree-saddle,ofMoorishshapeandMexicanmanufacture,withhousingsofleatherstampedinantiquepatterns,suchaswerewornbythecaparisonedsteedsoftheConquistadores;picturetoyourselfsuchacavallero,andyouwillhavebeforeyourmind’seyeacounterpartofhim,uponwhomtheplanterandhispeopleweregazing.

           Throughthecurtainsofthetravellingcarriagehewasregardedwithglancesthatspokeofasingularsentiment.Forthefirsttimeinherlife,LouisePoindexterlookeduponthat—hithertoknownonlytoherimagination—amanofheroicmould.

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