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           ThisPatagonianhadasplendidface,indicatingrealintelligence,notwithstandingthemedleyofcolorsbywhichitwasdisfigured.Hiswaitingattitudewasfullofdignity;indeed,toseehimstandinggraveandmotionlessonhispedestalofrocks,onemighthavetakenhimforastatueofsang-froid.

           AssoonastheMajorperceivedhim,hepointedhimouttoGlenarvan,whorantowardhimimmediately.ThePatagoniancametwostepsforwardtomeethim,andGlenarvancaughtholdofhishandandpresseditinhisown.Itwasimpossibletomistakethemeaningoftheaction,forthenoblefaceoftheScotchlordsobeamedwithgratitudethatnowordswereneeded.Thestrangerbowedslightlyinreturn,andsaidafewwordsthatneitherGlenarvannortheMajorcouldunderstand.

           ThePatagoniansurveyedthemattentivelyforafewminutes,andspokeagaininanotherlanguage.Butthissecondidiomwasnomoreintelligiblethanthefirst.Certainwords,however,caughtGlenarvan’searassoundinglikeSpanish,afewsentencesofwhichhecouldspeak.

           ESPANOL?"heasked.

           ThePatagoniannoddedinreply,amovementoftheheadwhichhasanaffirmativesignificanceamongallnations.

           "That’sgood!"saidtheMajor."OurfriendPaganelwillbetheverymanforhim.ItisluckyforusthathetookitintohisheadtolearnSpanish."

           Paganelwascalledforthwith.Hecameatonce,andsalutedthestrangerwithallthegraceofaFrenchman.ButhiscomplimentswerelostonthePatagonian,forhedidnotunderstandasinglesyllable.

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