Chapter 2

           AFTERanotherarmedstruggle,decidedbyMontero’svictoryofRioSeco,hadbeenaddedtothetaleofcivilwars,the“honestmen,”asDonJosecalledthem,couldbreathefreelyforthefirsttimeinhalfacentury.TheFive-Year-Mandatelawbecamethebasisofthatregeneration,thepassionatedesireandhopeforwhichhadbeenliketheelixirofeverlastingyouthforDonJoseAvellanos.

           Andwhenitwassuddenlyandnotquiteunexpectedlyendangeredbythat“bruteMontero,”itwasapassionateindignationthatgavehimanewleaseoflife,asitwere.Already,atthetimeofthePresident-Dictator’svisittoSulaco,MoragahadsoundedanoteofwarningfromSta.MartaabouttheWarMinister.MonteroandhisbrothermadethesubjectofanearnesttalkbetweentheDictator-PresidentandtheNestor-inspireroftheparty.ButDonVincente,adoctorofphilosophyfromtheCordovaUniversity,seemedtohaveanexaggeratedrespectformilitaryability,whosemysteriousnesssinceitappearedtobealtogetherindependentofintellectimposeduponhisimagination.ThevictorofRioSecowasapopularhero.HisservicesweresorecentthatthePresident-Dictatorquailedbeforetheobviouschargeofpoliticalingratitude.Greatregeneratingtransactionswerebeinginitiatedthefreshloan,anewrailwayline,avastcolonizationscheme.Anythingthatcouldunsettlethepublicopinioninthecapitalwastobeavoided.

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