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The News of the Lost Captain

           Hetookthechildinhisarms,liftedhimuponhishorse,andgazedathimwithpeculiarsympathy.Hisintelligentfacewasfullofquietfeeling.

           ButPaganelhadnotcompletedhisinterrogations."Thisprisoner,whowashe?Whatwashedoing?WhenhadThalcaveheardofhim?"Allthesequestionspoureduponhimatonce.

           Hehadnotlongtowaitforananswer,andlearnedthattheEuropeanwasaslaveinoneofthetribesthatroamedthecountrybetweentheColoradoandtheRioNegro.

           "Butwherewasthelastplacehewasin?"

           "WiththeCaciqueCalfoucoura."

           "Inthelinewehavebeenfollowing?"

           "Yes."

           "AndwhoisthisCacique?"

           "ThechiefofthePoyuchesIndians,amanwithtwotonguesandtwohearts."

           "That’stosayfalseinspeechandfalseinaction,"saidPaganel,afterhehadtranslatedthisbeautifulfigureofthePatagonianlanguage.

           "Andcanwedeliverourfriend?"headded.

           "YoumayifheisstillinthehandsoftheIndians."

           "Andwhendidyoulasthearofhim?"

           "Alongwhileago;thesunhasbroughttwosummerssincethentothePampas."

           ThejoyofGlenarvancannotbedescribed.Thisreplyagreedperfectlywiththedateofthedocument.ButonequestionstillremainedforhimtoputtoThalcave.

           "Youspokeofaprisoner,"hesaid;"butweretherenotthree?"

           "Idon’tknow,"saidThalcave.

           "Andyouknownothingofhispresentsituation?"

           "Nothing."

           Thisendedtheconversation

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