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Chapter 9

           Itwouldrenderimpossibleasystematicsearchforthattreasure,forthatwealthofsilverwhichheseemedtofeelsomewhereabout,toscentsomewherenear.

           Butwhere?Where?Heavens!Where?Oh!whyhadheallowedthatdoctortogo!Imbecilethathewas.Butno!Itwastheonlyrightcourse,hereflecteddistractedly,whilethemessengerwaiteddownstairschattingagreeablytotheofficers.Itwasinthatscoundrellydoctor’strueinteresttoreturnwithpositiveinformation.Butwhatifanythingstoppedhim?Ageneralprohibitiontoleavethetown,forinstance!Therewouldbepatrols!

           Thecolonel,seizinghisheadinhishands,turnedinhistracksasifstruckwithvertigo.AflashofcraveninspirationsuggestedtohimanexpedientnotunknowntoEuropeanstatesmenwhentheywishtodelayadifficultnegotiation.Bootedandspurred,hescrambledintothehammockwithundignifiedhaste.Hishandsomefacehadturnedyellowwiththestrainofweightycares.Theridgeofhisshapelynosehadgrownsharp;theaudaciousnostrilsappearedmeanandpinched.Thevelvety,caressingglanceofhisfineeyesseemeddead,andevendecomposed;forthesealmond-shaped,languishingorbshadbecomeinappropriatelybloodshotwithmuchsinistersleeplessness.HeaddressedthesurprisedenvoyofSenorFuentesinadeadened,exhaustedvoice.Itcamepatheticallyfeeblefromunderapileofponchos,whichburiedhiselegantpersonrightuptotheblackmoustaches,uncurled,pendant,insignofbodilyprostrationandmentalincapacity.

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