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Chapter 2

           Onsayingthis,thestrangerrodeafewpacesapart;andappearedtoscrutinisethecountryasiftodeterminethedirectionwhichthetravellersshouldtake.

           Poisedconspicuouslyuponthecrestoftheridge,horseandmanpresentedapictureworthyofskilfuldelineation.

           Asteed,suchasmighthavebeenriddenbyanArabsheikblood-bayincolourbroadincounterwithlimbscleanasculmsofcane,andhipsofellipticaloutline,continuedintoamagnificenttailsweepingrearwardlikearainbow:onhisbackariderayoungmanofnotmorethanfive-and-twentyofnobleformandfeatures;habitedinthepicturesquecostumeofaMexicanrancherospencerjacketofvelveteencalzoneroslacedalongtheseamscalzoncillosofsnow-whitelawnbotasofbuffleather,heavilyspurredattheheelsaroundthewaistascarfofscarletcrape;andonhisheadahatofblackglaze,bandedwithgoldbullion.Picturetoyourselfahorsemanthushabited;seatedinadeeptree-saddle,ofMoorishshapeandMexicanmanufacture,withhousingsofleatherstampedinantiquepatterns,suchaswerewornbythecaparisonedsteedsoftheConquistadores;picturetoyourselfsuchacavallero,andyouwillhavebeforeyourmind’seyeacounterpartofhim,uponwhomtheplanterandhispeopleweregazing.

           Throughthecurtainsofthetravellingcarriagehewasregardedwithglancesthatspokeofasingularsentiment.Forthefirsttimeinherlife,LouisePoindexterlookeduponthathithertoknownonlytoherimaginationamanofheroicmould.

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