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Chapter 57

           "Whyhaveyouthusarmedyourself?"

           "AsIlive,onlytoixecutetheordhers,I’veresaved—onlytocutabranchoffavthecyacktusyezseeoveryander,anphutitundherthetailavtheowldmare.Shureyezwon’tobjecttomydoin’that?"

           Inherturn,theladybecamesilent—surprisedatthesingularproposition.

           Theoddindividualshesawbeforeher,couldnotmeanmischief.Hislooks,attitude,andgesturesweregrotesque,ratherthanthreatening;provocativeofmirth—notfear,orindignation.

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

           TheMexicanmaidenhithertoheldsilentbysurprise,remainedso,onperceivingtheabsoluteidlenessofspeech.

           Furtherconversationwasoutofthequestion.Whatwiththescreamingofthemare—continuousfromthemomentthespinouscrupperwasinsertedunderhertail—theloudtramplingofherhoofsasshe"cavorted"overtheturf—thedismalhowlingofthehound—andtheresponsivecriesofthewildforestdenizens—birds,beasts,insects,andreptiles—onlythevoiceofaStentorcouldhavebeenheard!

           Whatcouldbethepurposeofthestrangeproceeding?Howwasittoterminate?

           Isidoralookedoninsilentastonishment.Shecoulddonothingelse.Solongastheinfernalfracascontinued,therewasnochancetoelicitanexplanationfromthequeercreaturewhohadcausedit

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