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Paganel’s Disclosure

           WhileGlenarvanandhiscousinweremakingtheseobservations,thereportoffirearmsresoundedfrequentlyabovetheirheads,andthejubilantoutcriesofthetwosportsmenforPaganelwaseverywhitasmuchachildasRobert.Theywerehavingafinetimeofitamongthethickleaves,judgingbythepealsoflaughterwhichrangoutintheboy’scleartreblevoiceandPaganel’sdeepbass.Thechasewasevidentlysuccessful,andwondersinculinaryartmightbeexpected.Wilsonhadagoodideatobeginwith,whichhehadskilfullycarriedout;forwhenGlenarvancamebacktothebrasier,hefoundthatthebravefellowhadactuallymanagedtocatch,withonlyapinandapieceofstring,severaldozensmallfish,asdelicateassmelts,calledMOJARRAS,whichwerealljumpingaboutinafoldofhisponcho,readytobeconvertedintoanexquisitedish.

           Atthesamemomentthehuntersreappeared.Paganelwascarefullycarryingsomeblackswallows’eggs,andastringofsparrows,whichhemeanttoserveuplaterunderthenameoffieldlarks.RoberthadbeencleverenoughtobringdownseveralbraceofHILGUEROS,smallgreenandyellowbirds,whichareexcellenteating,andgreatlyindemandintheMontevideomarket.Paganel,whoknewfiftywaysofdressingeggs,wasobligedforthisoncetobecontentwithsimplyhardeningthemonthehotembers.Butnotwithstandingthis,theviandsatthemealwerebothdaintyandvaried.Thedriedbeef,hardeggs,grilledMOJARRAS,sparrows,androastHILGUEROS,madeoneofthosegalafeaststhememoryofwhichisimperishable.

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