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Chapter 57

           "Whyhaveyouthusarmedyourself?"

           "AsIlive,onlytoixecutetheordhers,I’veresavedonlytocutabranchoffavthecyacktusyezseeoveryander,anphutitundherthetailavtheowldmare.Shureyezwon’tobjecttomydoin’that?"

           Inherturn,theladybecamesilentsurprisedatthesingularproposition.

           Theoddindividualshesawbeforeher,couldnotmeanmischief.Hislooks,attitude,andgesturesweregrotesque,ratherthanthreatening;provocativeofmirthnotfear,orindignation.

           "Silincegivesconsint.Thankye,"saidPhelim,as,nolongerinfearofbeingshotdowninhistracks,heranstraightacrossthelawn,andcarriedouttotheletter,thepartinginjunctionsofZebStump.

           TheMexicanmaidenhithertoheldsilentbysurprise,remainedso,onperceivingtheabsoluteidlenessofspeech.

           Furtherconversationwasoutofthequestion.Whatwiththescreamingofthemarecontinuousfromthemomentthespinouscrupperwasinsertedunderhertailtheloudtramplingofherhoofsasshe"cavorted"overtheturfthedismalhowlingofthehoundandtheresponsivecriesofthewildforestdenizensbirds,beasts,insects,andreptilesonlythevoiceofaStentorcouldhavebeenheard!

           Whatcouldbethepurposeofthestrangeproceeding?Howwasittoterminate?

           Isidoralookedoninsilentastonishment.Shecoulddonothingelse.Solongastheinfernalfracascontinued,therewasnochancetoelicitanexplanationfromthequeercreaturewhohadcausedit

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