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Chapter 2

           IcanspeaktoyouinSpanish,ifyoupreferit;butIdaresayyouwillunderstandmebetterinEnglish:which,Ipresume,isyournativetongue?"

           Calhoun,suspectingthathehadspokenindifferentSpanish,orindifferentlypronouncedit,refrainsfrommakingrejoinder.

           "American,sir,"repliedPoindexter,hisnationalpridefeelingslightlypiqued.Then,asiffearingtooffendthemanfromwhomheintendedaskingafavour,headded:"Yes,sir;weareallAmericansfromtheSouthernStates."

           "ThatIcanperceivebyyourfollowing."Anexpressionofcontemptscarceperceptibleshoweditselfuponthecountenanceofthespeaker,ashiseyeresteduponthegroupsofblackbondsmen."Icanperceive,too,"headded,"thatyouarestrangerstoprairietravelling.Youhavelostyourway?"

           "Wehave,sir;andhaveverylittleprospectofrecoveringit,unlesswemaycountuponyourkindnesstodirectus."

           "Notmuchkindnessinthat.BythemerestchanceIcameuponyourtrail,asIwascrossingtheprairie.Isawyouweregoingastray;andhaveriddenthiswaytosetyouright."

           "Itisverygoodofyou.Weshallbemostthankful,sir.MynameisPoindexterWoodleyPoindexter,ofLouisiana.IhavepurchasedapropertyontheLeonariver,nearFortInge.Wewereinhopesofreachingitbeforenightfall.Canwedoso?"

           "Thereisnothingtohinderyou:ifyoufollowtheinstructionsIshallgive."

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