Chapter 24

           TherearenosluggardsonaTexanplantation.Thedaybreakbeginstheday;andthebell,conch,orcow-horn,thatsummonsthedark-skinnedproletarianstotheirtoil,isalikethesignalfortheirmastertoforsakehismoreluxuriouscouch.

           SuchwasthecustomofCasadelCorvounderitsoriginalowners:andthefashionwasfollowedbythefamilyoftheAmericanplanter—notfromanyideaofprecedent,butsimplyinobediencetothesuggestionsofNature.Inaclimateofalmostperpetualspring,thesweetmatutinalmomentsarenottobewastedinsleep.Thesiestabelongstothehoursofnoon;whenallnatureappearstoshrinkunderthesmilesofthesolarluminary—asifsurfeitedwiththeirsuperabundance.

           Onhisreappearanceatmornthesunisgreetedwithrenewedjoy.Thendothetropicalbirdsspreadtheirresplendentplumage—theflowerstheirdew-besprinkledpetals—toreceivehisferventkisses.Allnatureagainseemsglad,toacknowledgehimasitsgod.

           Resplendentasanybirdthatfluttersamongthefoliageofsouth-westernTexas—fairasanyflowerthatbloomswithinit—gladdestwasshewhoappeareduponthehousetopofCasadelCorvo.

           Auroraherself,risingfromherroseatecouch,lookednotfresherthantheyoungCreole,asshestoodcontemplatingthecurtainsofthatverycouch,fromwhichaTexansunwasslowlyupliftinghisglobeofburninggold.

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