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Chapter 12

           Onthatsameevening,afterthedining-hallhadbeendeserted,theroof,insteadofthedrawing-room,waschosenastheplaceofre-assemblage;andasthesundescendedtowardsthehorizon,hisslantingraysfelluponathrongasgay,ascheerful,andperhapsasresplendent,asevertrodtheazoteaofCasadelCorvo.Movingaboutoveritstessellatedtiles,standinginscatteredgroups,orlinedalongtheparapetwithfacesturnedtowardstheplain,werewomenasfairandmenasbraveashadeverassembledonthatsamespot—evenwhenitsancientownerusedtodistributehospitalitytothehidalgosoftheland—thebluestbloodinCoahuilaandTexas.

           ThecompanynowcollectedtowelcometheadventofWoodleyPoindexteronhisTexanestate,couldalsoboastofthislastdistinction.TheyweretheéliteoftheSettlements—notonlyoftheLeona,butofothersmoredistant.TherewereguestsfromGonzales,fromCastroville,andevenfromSanAntonio—oldfriendsoftheplanter,who,likehim,hadsoughtahomeinSouth-WesternTexas,andwhohadridden—someofthemoverahundredmiles—tobepresentatthis,hisfirstgrand"reception."

           Theplanterhadsparedneitherpainsnorexpensetogiveitéclat.

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