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Chapter 35

           "Carrambo!carrai!carajo—chingara!mildiablos!"mingledwithmore—perhapsless—reverentialexclamationsof"SangredeCristo!Jesus!SantissimaVirgen!SantaMaria!Dios!MadredeDios!"andthelike,wereutteredinsidethejacalé,asifthespeakerwasengagedinanapostrophicconversationwithalltheprincipalcharactersofthePopishPantheon.

           Calhounpauseduponthethreshold,andlistened.

           "Mal—dit—dit—o!"mutteredthesleeper,concludingtheexclamationwithahiccup."Buen—buenosnove-dad-es!Goodnews,porsangreChrees—Chreest—o!SiS’ñorMerican—cano!Nove—dad—ess’perbos!LosIndyosCo—co—mancheesonthewar-trail—elrastrodeguerra.GodblesstheCo—co—manchees!"

           "Thebrute’sdrunk!"saidhisvisitor,mechanicallyspeakingaloud.

           "H’laS’ñor!"exclaimedtheownerofthejacalé,arousedtoastateofsemi-consciousnessbythesoundofahumanvoice."Quienllama!Whohasthehonour—thatis,haveIthehappiness—I,MiguelDiaz—elCo—coyoté,astheleperoscallme.Ha,ha!coyo—coyot.Bah!what’sinaname?Yours,S’ñor?Mildemonios!whoareyou?"

           Partiallyraisinghimselffromhisreedcouch,theinebriateremainedforashorttimeinasittingattitude—glaring,halfinterrogatively,halfunconsciously,attheindividualwhosevoicehadintrudeditselfintohisdrunkendreams.

           Theunsteadyexaminationlastedonlyforascoreofseconds

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