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Chapter 55

           Therewereoccasionalexceptionstothisrule:whenhischarmingsobrinarodeacrossfromtheRioGrandetopayhimandhissisteravisit.ThenthedomicileofDonSilviobecamealittlemorelively.

           Isidorawaswelcomewhenevershecame;welcometocomeandgowhenshepleased;anddoasshepleased,whileunderheruncle’sroof.Thesprightlinessofhercharacterwasanythingbutdispleasingtotheoldhaciendado;whowashimselffarfrombeingofasombredisposition.Thosetraits,thatmighthaveappearedmasculineinmanyotherlands,werenotsoremarkableinone,wherelifeisheldbysuchprecarioustenure;wherethecountryhouseisofttransformedintoafortress,andthedomestichearthoccasionallybedewedwiththebloodofitsinmates!

           Isitsurprisingthatinsuchalandwomenshouldbefound,endowedwiththosequalitiesthathavebeenascribedtoIsidora?Ifso,itisnotthelesstruethattheyexist.

           AsageneralthingtheMexicanwomanisacreatureofthemostamiabledisposition;douceifwemaybeallowedtoborrowfromalanguagethatdealsmorefrequentlywithfemininetraitstosuchanextent,astohavebecomeanationalcharacteristic.Itistothedenizensofthegreatcities,securefromIndianincursion,thatthischaractermoreespeciallyapplies.Onthefrontiers,harriedforthelasthalfcenturybytheaboriginalfreebooter,thecaseissomewhatdifferent.Theamiabilitystillexists;butoftencombinedwithabravourieandhardihoodmasculineinseeming,butinrealityheroic.

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