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"Thegoodmanwhodidthat,"hethought,"musthavebeenasblindasabat."
Hedescendedasteepplace,andsocametothewallandchannelthatranaboutthevalley,nearwherethelatterspoutedoutitssurpluscontentsintothedeepsofthegorgeinathinandwaveringthreadofcascade. Hecouldnowseeanumberofmenandwomenrestingonpiledheapsofgrass,asiftakingasiesta,intheremoterpartofthemeadow,andnearerthevillageanumberofrecumbentchildren,andthennearerathandthreemencarryingpailsonyokesalongalittlepaththatranfromtheencirclingwalltowardsthehouses. Theselatterwerecladingarmentsofllamaclothandbootsandbeltsofleather,andtheyworecapsofclothwithbackandearflaps. Theyfollowedoneanotherinsinglefile,walkingslowlyandyawningastheywalked,likemenwhohavebeenupallnight. Therewassomethingsoreassuringlyprosperousandrespectableintheirbearingthatafteramoment’shesitationNunezstoodforwardasconspicuouslyaspossibleuponhisrock,andgaveventtoamightyshoutthatechoedroundthevalley.
Thethreemenstopped,andmovedtheirheadsasthoughtheywerelookingaboutthem. Theyturnedtheirfacesthiswayandthat,andNunezgesticulatedwithfreedom. Buttheydidnotappeartoseehimforallhisgestures,andafteratime,directingthemselvestowardsthemountainsfarawaytotheright,theyshoutedasifinanswer. Nunezbawledagain,andthenoncemore,andashegesturedineffectuallytheword"blind"cameuptothetopofhisthoughts.
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