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"
Abominable
Pedrito
!
Who
the
devil
was
he
?
"
would
wonder
the
distinguished
bird
of
passage
hovering
on
the
confines
of
waking
and
sleep
with
resolutely
open
eyes
and
a
faint
but
amiable
curl
upon
his
lips
,
from
between
which
stuck
out
the
eighteenth
or
twentieth
cigar
of
that
memorable
day
.
"
He
appeared
to
me
in
this
very
room
like
a
haunting
ghost
,
sir
"
--
Captain
Mitchell
was
talking
of
his
Nostromo
with
true
warmth
of
feeling
and
a
touch
of
wistful
pride
.
"
You
may
imagine
,
sir
,
what
an
effect
it
produced
on
me
.
He
had
come
round
by
sea
with
Barrios
,
of
course
.
And
the
first
thing
he
told
me
after
I
became
fit
to
hear
him
was
that
he
had
picked
up
the
lighter
's
boat
floating
in
the
gulf
!
He
seemed
quite
overcome
by
the
circumstance
.
And
a
remarkable
enough
circumstance
it
was
,
when
you
remember
that
it
was
then
sixteen
days
since
the
sinking
of
the
silver
.
At
once
I
could
see
he
was
another
man
.
He
stared
at
the
wall
,
sir
,
as
if
there
had
been
a
spider
or
something
running
about
there
.
The
loss
of
the
silver
preyed
on
his
mind
.
The
first
thing
he
asked
me
about
was
whether
Dona
Antonia
had
heard
yet
of
Decoud
's
death
.
His
voice
trembled
.
I
had
to
tell
him
that
Dona
Antonia
,
as
a
matter
of
fact
,
was
not
back
in
town
yet
.
Poor
girl
!
And
just
as
I
was
making
ready
to
ask
him
a
thousand
questions
,
with
a
sudden
,
'
Pardon
me
,
senor
,
'
he
cleared
out
of
the
office
altogether
.
I
did
not
see
him
again
for
three
days
.
I
was
terribly
busy
,
you
know
.
It
seems
that
he
wandered
about
in
and
out
of
the
town
,
and
on
two
nights
turned
up
to
sleep
in
the
baracoons
of
the
railway
people
.
He
seemed
absolutely
indifferent
to
what
went
on
.
I
asked
him
on
the
wharf
,
'
When
are
you
going
to
take
hold
again
,
Nostromo
?
There
will
be
plenty
of
work
for
the
Cargadores
presently
.
'
"'
Senor
,
'
says
he
,
looking
at
me
in
a
slow
,
inquisitive
manner
,
'
would
it
surprise
you
to
hear
that
I
am
too
tired
to
work
just
yet
?
And
what
work
could
I
do
now
?
How
can
I
look
my
Cargadores
in
the
face
after
losing
a
lighter
?
'
"
I
begged
him
not
to
think
any
more
about
the
silver
,
and
he
smiled
.
A
smile
that
went
to
my
heart
,
sir
.
'
It
was
no
mistake
,
'
I
told
him
.
'
It
was
a
fatality
.
A
thing
that
could
not
be
helped
.
'
'
Si
,
si
!
"
he
said
,
and
turned
away
.
I
thought
it
best
to
leave
him
alone
for
a
bit
to
get
over
it
.
Sir
,
it
took
him
years
really
,
to
get
over
it
.
I
was
present
at
his
interview
with
Don
Carlos
.
I
must
say
that
Gould
is
rather
a
cold
man
.
He
had
to
keep
a
tight
hand
on
his
feelings
,
dealing
with
thieves
and
rascals
,
in
constant
danger
of
ruin
for
himself
and
wife
for
so
many
years
,
that
it
had
become
a
second
nature
.
They
looked
at
each
other
for
a
long
time
.
Don
Carlos
asked
what
he
could
do
for
him
,
in
his
quiet
,
reserved
way
.
"'
My
name
is
known
from
one
end
of
Sulaco
to
the
other
,
'
he
said
,
as
quiet
as
the
other
.
'
What
more
can
you
do
for
me
?
'
That
was
all
that
passed
on
that
occasion
.
Later
,
however
,
there
was
a
very
fine
coasting
schooner
for
sale
,
and
Mrs.
Gould
and
I
put
our
heads
together
to
get
her
bought
and
presented
to
him
.
It
was
done
,
but
he
paid
all
the
price
back
within
the
next
three
years
.
Business
was
booming
all
along
this
seaboard
,
sir
.
Moreover
,
that
man
always
succeeded
in
everything
except
in
saving
the
silver
.
Poor
Dona
Antonia
,
fresh
from
her
terrible
experiences
in
the
woods
of
Los
Hatos
,
had
an
interview
with
him
,
too
.
Wanted
to
hear
about
Decoud
:
what
they
said
,
what
they
did
,
what
they
thought
up
to
the
last
on
that
fatal
night
.
Mrs.
Gould
told
me
his
manner
was
perfect
for
quietness
and
sympathy
.
Miss
Avellanos
burst
into
tears
only
when
he
told
her
how
Decoud
had
happened
to
say
that
his
plan
would
be
a
glorious
success
...
And
there
's
no
doubt
,
sir
,
that
it
is
.
It
is
a
success
.
"
The
cycle
was
about
to
close
at
last
.
And
while
the
privileged
passenger
,
shivering
with
the
pleasant
anticipations
of
his
berth
,
forgot
to
ask
himself
,
"
What
on
earth
Decoud
's
plan
could
be
?
"
Captain
Mitchell
was
saying
,
"
Sorry
we
must
part
so
soon
.
Your
intelligent
interest
made
this
a
pleasant
day
to
me
.
I
shall
see
you
now
on
board
.
You
had
a
glimpse
of
the
'
Treasure
House
of
the
World
.
'
A
very
good
name
that
.
"
And
the
coxswain
's
voice
at
the
door
,
announcing
that
the
gig
was
ready
,
closed
the
cycle
.
Nostromo
had
,
indeed
,
found
the
lighter
's
boat
,
which
he
had
left
on
the
Great
Isabel
with
Decoud
,
floating
empty
far
out
in
the
gulf
.
He
was
then
on
the
bridge
of
the
first
of
Barrios
's
transports
,
and
within
an
hour
's
steaming
from
Sulaco
.
Barrios
,
always
delighted
with
a
feat
of
daring
and
a
good
judge
of
courage
,
had
taken
a
great
liking
to
the
Capataz
.
During
the
passage
round
the
coast
the
General
kept
Nostromo
near
his
person
,
addressing
him
frequently
in
that
abrupt
and
boisterous
manner
which
was
the
sign
of
his
high
favour
.