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Chapter 55

           SinceMalinché,morethanonefairheroinehasfiguredinthehistoryofAnahuac.

           DonSilvioMartinezhadhimselfassistedatmanyawildsceneandceremony.Hisyouthhadbeenpassedamidperils;andthecourageofIsidora—attimesdegeneratingintoabsoluterecklessness—sofarfromoffending,rathergavehimgratification.

           Theoldgentlemanlovedhisdarlingsobrina,asifshehadbeenhisownchild;andhadshebeenso,shewouldnothavebeenmorecertainofsucceedingtohispossessions.

           Everyoneknew,that,whenDonSilvioMartinezshouldtakeleaveoflife,IsidoraCovarubiodelosLlanoswouldbetheownerof—nothisbroadacres,but—hisleaguesofland,asalsohisthousandsofhorsesandhornedcattle.

           Withthisunderstanding,itisneedlesstosay,thattheseñoritacarriedrespectwithherwherevershewent,orthatthevassalsoftheHaciendaMartinezhonouredherastheirfuturemistress.

           Independentlyofthiswassheregarded.Herswerejustthequalitiestowintheesteemofthedashingrancheros;andtherewasnotoneupontheestate,butwouldhavedrawnhismachetéathernod,andusedittothesheddingofblood.

           MiguelDiazspokethetruth,whenhesaidhewasindanger.Wellmighthebelieveit.HaditpleasedIsidoratocalltogetherheruncle’svaqueros,andsendthemtochastisehim,itwouldhavebeenspeedilydone—eventohanginghimuponthenearesttree!

           Nowonderhehadmadesuchhastetogetawayfromtheglade.

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