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Chapter 44

           Nosnoring,nobreathing,nonoiseofanykind!

           "Itispossible,"saystheirchieftothefollowernearesthimspeakinginawhisper,butingoodgrammaticalCastilian,"justpossiblehehasnotyetgothome;thoughbythetimeofhisstartingheshouldhavereachedherelongbeforethis.Hemayhaveriddenoutagain?NowIremember:there’sahorse-shedattheback.Ifthemanbeinsidethehouse,thebeastshouldbefoundintheshed.Stayhere,camarados,tillIgoroundandsee."

           Sixsecondssufficetoexaminethesubstituteforastable.Nohorseinit.

           Asmanymorearespentinscrutinisingthepaththatleadstoit.Nohorsehasbeenthereatleastnotlately.

           Thesepointsdetermined,thechiefreturnstohisfollowersstillstandingbythedoorwayinfront.

           "Maldito!"heexclaims,givingfreerscopetohisvoice,"he’snothere,norhashebeenthisday."

           "Wehadbettergoinside,andmakesure?"suggestsoneofthecommonwarriors,inSpanishfairlypronounced."TherecanbenoharminourseeinghowtheIrlandeshashousedhimselfouthere?"

           "Certainlynot!"answersathird,equallywellversedinthelanguageofCervantes."Let’shavealookathislardertoo.I’mhungryenoughtoeatrawtasajo."

           "PorDios!"addsthefourthandlastofthequartette,inthesamesonoroustongue."I’veheardthathekeepsacellar.Ifso"

           Thechiefdoesnotwaitforhisfollowertofinishthehypotheticalspeech.

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