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Chapter 2

           Thetroopsingarrisontherehadgonetohiminabody.Thebrotherswereorganizinganarmy,gatheringmalcontents,sendingemissariesprimedwithpatrioticliestothepeople,andwithpromisesofplundertothewildllaneros.EvenaMonteristpresshadcomeintoexistence,speakingoracularlyofthesecretpromisesofsupportgivenby“ourgreatsisterRepublicoftheNorth”againstthesinisterland-grabbingdesignsofEuropeanpowers,cursingineveryissuethe“miserableRibiera,”whohadplottedtodeliverhiscountry,boundhandandfoot,forapreytoforeignspeculators.

           Sulaco,pastoralandsleepy,withitsopulentCampoandtherichsilvermine,heardthedinofarmsfitfullyinitsfortunateisolation.Itwasneverthelessintheveryforefrontofthedefencewithmenandmoney;buttheveryrumoursreacheditcircuitouslyfromabroadeven,somuchwasitcutofffromtherestoftheRepublic,notonlybynaturalobstacles,butalsobythevicissitudesofthewar.TheMonteristoswerebesiegingCayta,animportantpostallink.Theoverlandcouriersceasedtocomeacrossthemountains,andnomuleteerwouldconsenttoriskthejourneyatlast;evenBonifacioononeoccasionfailedtoreturnfromSta.Marta,eithernotdaringtostart,orperhapscapturedbythepartiesoftheenemyraidingthecountrybetweentheCordilleraandthecapital.Monteristpublications,however,foundtheirwayintotheprovince,mysteriouslyenough;andalsoMonteristemissariespreachingdeathtoaristocratsinthevillagesandtownsoftheCampo.

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