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Senor
Fuentes
,
on
entering
upon
his
functions
of
Gefe
Politico
,
had
turned
his
diplomatic
abilities
to
getting
hold
of
the
harbour
as
well
as
of
the
mine
.
The
man
he
pitched
upon
to
negotiate
with
Sotillo
was
a
Notary
Public
,
whom
the
revolution
had
found
languishing
in
the
common
jail
on
a
charge
of
forging
documents
.
Liberated
by
the
mob
along
with
the
other
"
victims
of
Blanco
tyranny
,
"
he
had
hastened
to
offer
his
services
to
the
new
Government
.
He
set
out
determined
to
display
much
zeal
and
eloquence
in
trying
to
induce
Sotillo
to
come
into
town
alone
for
a
conference
with
Pedrito
Montero
.
Nothing
was
further
from
the
colonel
's
intentions
.
The
mere
fleeting
idea
of
trusting
himself
into
the
famous
Pedrito
's
hands
had
made
him
feel
unwell
several
times
.
It
was
out
of
the
question
--
it
was
madness
.
And
to
put
himself
in
open
hostility
was
madness
,
too
.
It
would
render
impossible
a
systematic
search
for
that
treasure
,
for
that
wealth
of
silver
which
he
seemed
to
feel
somewhere
about
,
to
scent
somewhere
near
.
But
where
?
Where
?
Heavens
!
Where
?
Oh
!
why
had
he
allowed
that
doctor
to
go
!
Imbecile
that
he
was
.
But
no
!
It
was
the
only
right
course
,
he
reflected
distractedly
,
while
the
messenger
waited
downstairs
chatting
agreeably
to
the
officers
.
It
was
in
that
scoundrelly
doctor
's
true
interest
to
return
with
positive
information
.
But
what
if
anything
stopped
him
?
A
general
prohibition
to
leave
the
town
,
for
instance
!
There
would
be
patrols
!
The
colonel
,
seizing
his
head
in
his
hands
,
turned
in
his
tracks
as
if
struck
with
vertigo
.
A
flash
of
craven
inspiration
suggested
to
him
an
expedient
not
unknown
to
European
statesmen
when
they
wish
to
delay
a
difficult
negotiation
.
Booted
and
spurred
,
he
scrambled
into
the
hammock
with
undignified
haste
.
His
handsome
face
had
turned
yellow
with
the
strain
of
weighty
cares
.
The
ridge
of
his
shapely
nose
had
grown
sharp
;
the
audacious
nostrils
appeared
mean
and
pinched
.
The
velvety
,
caressing
glance
of
his
fine
eyes
seemed
dead
,
and
even
decomposed
;
for
these
almond-shaped
,
languishing
orbs
had
become
inappropriately
bloodshot
with
much
sinister
sleeplessness
.
He
addressed
the
surprised
envoy
of
Senor
Fuentes
in
a
deadened
,
exhausted
voice
.
It
came
pathetically
feeble
from
under
a
pile
of
ponchos
,
which
buried
his
elegant
person
right
up
to
the
black
moustaches
,
uncurled
,
pendant
,
in
sign
of
bodily
prostration
and
mental
incapacity
.
Fever
,
fever
--
a
heavy
fever
had
overtaken
the
"
muy
valliente
"
colonel
.
A
wavering
wildness
of
expression
,
caused
by
the
passing
spasms
of
a
slight
colic
which
had
declared
itself
suddenly
,
and
the
rattling
teeth
of
repressed
panic
,
had
a
genuineness
which
impressed
the
envoy
.
It
was
a
cold
fit
.
The
colonel
explained
that
he
was
unable
to
think
,
to
listen
,
to
speak
.
With
an
appearance
of
superhuman
effort
the
colonel
gasped
out
that
he
was
not
in
a
state
to
return
a
suitable
reply
or
to
execute
any
of
his
Excellency
's
orders
.
But
to-morrow
!
To-morrow
!
Ah
!
to-morrow
!
Let
his
Excellency
Don
Pedro
be
without
uneasiness
.
The
brave
Esmeralda
Regiment
held
the
harbour
,
held
--
And
closing
his
eyes
,
he
rolled
his
aching
head
like
a
half-delirious
invalid
under
the
inquisitive
stare
of
the
envoy
,
who
was
obliged
to
bend
down
over
the
hammock
in
order
to
catch
the
painful
and
broken
accents
.
Meantime
,
Colonel
Sotillo
trusted
that
his
Excellency
's
humanity
would
permit
the
doctor
,
the
English
doctor
,
to
come
out
of
town
with
his
case
of
foreign
remedies
to
attend
upon
him
.
He
begged
anxiously
his
worship
the
caballero
now
present
for
the
grace
of
looking
in
as
he
passed
the
Casa
Gould
,
and
informing
the
English
doctor
,
who
was
probably
there
,
that
his
services
were
immediately
required
by
Colonel
Sotillo
,
lying
ill
of
fever
in
the
Custom
House
.
Immediately
.
Most
urgently
required
.
Awaited
with
extreme
impatience
.
A
thousand
thanks
.
He
closed
his
eyes
wearily
and
would
not
open
them
again
,
lying
perfectly
still
,
deaf
,
dumb
,
insensible
,
overcome
,
vanquished
,
crushed
,
annihilated
by
the
fell
disease
.
But
as
soon
as
the
other
had
shut
after
him
the
door
of
the
landing
,
the
colonel
leaped
out
with
a
fling
of
both
feet
in
an
avalanche
of
woollen
coverings
.
His
spurs
having
become
entangled
in
a
perfect
welter
of
ponchos
he
nearly
pitched
on
his
head
,
and
did
not
recover
his
balance
till
the
middle
of
the
room
.
Concealed
behind
the
half-closed
jalousies
he
listened
to
what
went
on
below
.
The
envoy
had
already
mounted
,
and
turning
to
the
morose
officers
occupying
the
great
doorway
,
took
off
his
hat
formally
.
"
Caballeros
,
"
he
said
,
in
a
very
loud
tone
,
"
allow
me
to
recommend
you
to
take
great
care
of
your
colonel
.
It
has
done
me
much
honour
and
gratification
to
have
seen
you
all
,
a
fine
body
of
men
exercising
the
soldierly
virtue
of
patience
in
this
exposed
situation
,
where
there
is
much
sun
,
and
no
water
to
speak
of
,
while
a
town
full
of
wine
and
feminine
charms
is
ready
to
embrace
you
for
the
brave
men
you
are
.
Caballeros
,
I
have
the
honour
to
salute
you
.
There
will
be
much
dancing
to-night
in
Sulaco
.
Good-bye
!
"
