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Chapter 60

           Sheanticipatesnodangerfromthosewhohavesounceremoniouslysurroundedher.Someofthemsheknowsbysight;thoughnotthemanofmorethanmiddleage,whoappearstobetheirleader,andwhoconfronts,toquestionher.

           Butsheknowshimotherwise.Instincttellsherheisthefatherofthemurderedman—ofthewoman,shemaywishtogeeslain,butassuredly,shamed.Oh!whatanopportunity!

           "CanyouspeakFrench,mademoiselle?"asksWoodleyPoindexter,addressingherinthistongue—inthebeliefthatitmaygivehimabetterchanceofbeingunderstood."SpeakbetterInglees—verylittle,sir."

           "Oh!English.Somuchthebetterforus.Tellme,miss;haveyouseenanybodyouthere—thatis—haveyoumetanyone,ridingabout,orcamped,orhaltedanywhere?"

           Isidoraappearstoreflect,orhesitate,beforemakingreply.

           Theplanterpursuestheinterrogative,withsuchpolitenessasthecircumstancesadmit.

           "MayIaskwhereyoulive?"

           "OntheRioGrande,señor?"

           "Haveyoucomedirectfromthere?"

           "No;fromtheLeona."

           "FromtheLeona!"

           "It’sthenieceofoldMartinez,"interposesoneoftheparty."Hisplantationjoinsyours,MisterPoindexter."

           "Si—yes—truethat.Sobrina—nieceofDonSilvioMartinez.Yosoy."

           "Thenyou’vecomefromhisplace,direct?Pardonmeforappearingrude.Iassureyou,miss,wearenotquestioningyououtofanyidlecuriosity,orimpertinence.Wehaveseriousreasons—morethanserious:theyaresolemn."

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