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He
got
up
and
went
to
the
door
to
look
out
towards
the
harbour
.
"
All
quiet
,
"
he
said
;
"
I
wonder
if
Sotillo
really
means
to
turn
up
here
?
"
CAPTAIN
MITCHELL
,
pacing
the
wharf
,
was
asking
himself
the
same
question
.
There
was
always
the
doubt
whether
the
warning
of
the
Esmeralda
telegraphist
--
a
fragmentary
and
interrupted
message
--
had
been
properly
understood
.
However
,
the
good
man
had
made
up
his
mind
not
to
go
to
bed
till
daylight
,
if
even
then
.
He
imagined
himself
to
have
rendered
an
enormous
service
to
Charles
Gould
.
When
he
thought
of
the
saved
silver
he
rubbed
his
hands
together
with
satisfaction
.
In
his
simple
way
he
was
proud
at
being
a
party
to
this
extremely
clever
expedient
.
It
was
he
who
had
given
it
a
practical
shape
by
suggesting
the
possibility
of
intercepting
at
sea
the
north-bound
steamer
.
And
it
was
advantageous
to
his
Company
,
too
,
which
would
have
lost
a
valuable
freight
if
the
treasure
had
been
left
ashore
to
be
confiscated
.
The
pleasure
of
disappointing
the
Monterists
was
also
very
great
.
Authoritative
by
temperament
and
the
long
habit
of
command
,
Captain
Mitchell
was
no
democrat
.
He
even
went
so
far
as
to
profess
a
contempt
for
parliamentarism
itself
.
"
His
Excellency
Don
Vincente
Ribiera
,
"
he
used
to
say
,
"
whom
I
and
that
fellow
of
mine
,
Nostromo
,
had
the
honour
,
sir
,
and
the
pleasure
of
saving
from
a
cruel
death
,
deferred
too
much
to
his
Congress
.
It
was
a
mistake
--
a
distinct
mistake
,
sir
.
"
The
guileless
old
seaman
superintending
the
O.S.N.
service
imagined
that
the
last
three
days
had
exhausted
every
startling
surprise
the
political
life
of
Costaguana
could
offer
.
He
used
to
confess
afterwards
that
the
events
which
followed
surpassed
his
imagination
.
To
begin
with
,
Sulaco
(
because
of
the
seizure
of
the
cables
and
the
disorganization
of
the
steam
service
)
remained
for
a
whole
fortnight
cut
off
from
the
rest
of
the
world
like
a
besieged
city
.
"
One
would
not
have
believed
it
possible
;
but
so
it
was
,
sir
.
A
full
fortnight
.
"
The
account
of
the
extraordinary
things
that
happened
during
that
time
,
and
the
powerful
emotions
he
experienced
,
acquired
a
comic
impressiveness
from
the
pompous
manner
of
his
personal
narrative
.
He
opened
it
always
by
assuring
his
hearer
that
he
was
"
in
the
thick
of
things
from
first
to
last
.
"
Then
he
would
begin
by
describing
the
getting
away
of
the
silver
,
and
his
natural
anxiety
lest
"
his
fellow
"
in
charge
of
the
lighter
should
make
some
mistake
.
Apart
from
the
loss
of
so
much
precious
metal
,
the
life
of
Senor
Martin
Decoud
,
an
agreeable
,
wealthy
,
and
well-informed
young
gentleman
,
would
have
been
jeopardized
through
his
falling
into
the
hands
of
his
political
enemies
.
Captain
Mitchell
also
admitted
that
in
his
solitary
vigil
on
the
wharf
he
had
felt
a
certain
measure
of
concern
for
the
future
of
the
whole
country
.
"
A
feeling
,
sir
,
"
he
explained
,
"
perfectly
comprehensible
in
a
man
properly
grateful
for
the
many
kindnesses
received
from
the
best
families
of
merchants
and
other
native
gentlemen
of
independent
means
,
who
,
barely
saved
by
us
from
the
excesses
of
the
mob
,
seemed
,
to
my
mind
's
eye
,
destined
to
become
the
prey
in
person
and
fortune
of
the
native
soldiery
,
which
,
as
is
well
known
,
behave
with
regrettable
barbarity
to
the
inhabitants
during
their
civil
commotions
.
And
then
,
sir
,
there
were
the
Goulds
,
for
both
of
whom
,
man
and
wife
,
I
could
not
but
entertain
the
warmest
feelings
deserved
by
their
hospitality
and
kindness
.
I
felt
,
too
,
the
dangers
of
the
gentlemen
of
the
Amarilla
Club
,
who
had
made
me
honorary
member
,
and
had
treated
me
with
uniform
regard
and
civility
,
both
in
my
capacity
of
Consular
Agent
and
as
Superintendent
of
an
important
Steam
Service
.
Miss
Antonia
Avellanos
,
the
most
beautiful
and
accomplished
young
lady
whom
it
had
ever
been
my
privilege
to
speak
to
,
was
not
a
little
in
my
mind
,
I
confess
.
How
the
interests
of
my
Company
would
be
affected
by
the
impending
change
of
officials
claimed
a
large
share
of
my
attention
,
too
.
In
short
,
sir
,
I
was
extremely
anxious
and
very
tired
,
as
you
may
suppose
,
by
the
exciting
and
memorable
events
in
which
I
had
taken
my
little
part
.
The
Company
's
building
containing
my
residence
was
within
five
minutes
'
walk
,
with
the
attraction
of
some
supper
and
of
my
hammock
(
I
always
take
my
nightly
rest
in
a
hammock
,
as
the
most
suitable
to
the
climate
)
;
but
somehow
,
sir
,
though
evidently
I
could
do
nothing
for
any
one
by
remaining
about
,
I
could
not
tear
myself
away
from
that
wharf
,
where
the
fatigue
made
me
stumble
painfully
at
times
.
The
night
was
excessively
dark
--
the
darkest
I
remember
in
my
life
;
so
that
I
began
to
think
that
the
arrival
of
the
transport
from
Esmeralda
could
not
possibly
take
place
before
daylight
,
owing
to
the
difficulty
of
navigating
the
gulf
.
The
mosquitoes
bit
like
fury
.
We
have
been
infested
here
with
mosquitoes
before
the
late
improvements
;
a
peculiar
harbour
brand
,
sir
,
renowned
for
its
ferocity
.
They
were
like
a
cloud
about
my
head
,
and
I
should
n't
wonder
that
but
for
their
attacks
I
would
have
dozed
off
as
I
walked
up
and
down
,
and
got
a
heavy
fall
.
I
kept
on
smoking
cigar
after
cigar
,
more
to
protect
myself
from
being
eaten
up
alive
than
from
any
real
relish
for
the
weed
.
Then
,
sir
,
when
perhaps
for
the
twentieth
time
I
was
approaching
my
watch
to
the
lighted
end
in
order
to
see
the
time
,
and
observing
with
surprise
that
it
wanted
yet
ten
minutes
to
midnight
,
I
heard
the
splash
of
a
ship
's
propeller
--
an
unmistakable
sound
to
a
sailor
's
ear
on
such
a
calm
night
.
It
was
faint
indeed
,
because
they
were
advancing
with
precaution
and
dead
slow
,
both
on
account
of
the
darkness
and
from
their
desire
of
not
revealing
too
soon
their
presence
:
a
very
unnecessary
care
,
because
,
I
verily
believe
,
in
all
the
enormous
extent
of
this
harbour
I
was
the
only
living
soul
about
.
Even
the
usual
staff
of
watchmen
and
others
had
been
absent
from
their
posts
for
several
nights
owing
to
the
disturbances
.
I
stood
stock
still
,
after
dropping
and
stamping
out
my
cigar
--
a
circumstance
highly
agreeable
,
I
should
think
,
to
the
mosquitoes
,
if
I
may
judge
from
the
state
of
my
face
next
morning
.
But
that
was
a
trifling
inconvenience
in
comparison
with
the
brutal
proceedings
I
became
victim
of
on
the
part
of
Sotillo
.
Something
utterly
inconceivable
,
sir
;
more
like
the
proceedings
of
a
maniac
than
the
action
of
a
sane
man
,
however
lost
to
all
sense
of
honour
and
decency
.
But
Sotillo
was
furious
at
the
failure
of
his
thievish
scheme
.
"
In
this
Captain
Mitchell
was
right
.
Sotillo
was
indeed
infuriated
.
Captain
Mitchell
,
however
,
had
not
been
arrested
at
once
;
a
vivid
curiosity
induced
him
to
remain
on
the
wharf
(
which
is
nearly
four
hundred
feet
long
)
to
see
,
or
rather
hear
,
the
whole
process
of
disembarkation
.
Concealed
by
the
railway
truck
used
for
the
silver
,
which
had
been
run
back
afterwards
to
the
shore
end
of
the
jetty
,
Captain
Mitchell
saw
the
small
detachment
thrown
forward
,
pass
by
,
taking
different
directions
upon
the
plain
.
