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It
was
all
more
vile
,
more
base
,
more
contemptible
,
and
infinitely
more
manageable
in
the
very
outspoken
cynicism
of
motives
.
It
was
more
clearly
a
brazen-faced
scramble
for
a
constantly
diminishing
quantity
of
booty
;
since
all
enterprise
had
been
stupidly
killed
in
the
land
.
Thus
it
came
to
pass
that
the
province
of
Sulaco
,
once
the
field
of
cruel
party
vengeances
,
had
become
in
a
way
one
of
the
considerable
prizes
of
political
career
.
The
great
of
the
earth
(
in
Sta
.
Marta
)
reserved
the
posts
in
the
old
Occidental
State
to
those
nearest
and
dearest
to
them
:
nephews
,
brothers
,
husbands
of
favourite
sisters
,
bosom
friends
,
trusty
supporters
--
or
prominent
supporters
of
whom
perhaps
they
were
afraid
.
It
was
the
blessed
province
of
great
opportunities
and
of
largest
salaries
;
for
the
San
Tome
mine
had
its
own
unofficial
pay
list
,
whose
items
and
amounts
,
fixed
in
consultation
by
Charles
Gould
and
Senor
Avellanos
,
were
known
to
a
prominent
business
man
in
the
United
States
,
who
for
twenty
minutes
or
so
in
every
month
gave
his
undivided
attention
to
Sulaco
affairs
.
At
the
same
time
the
material
interests
of
all
sorts
,
backed
up
by
the
influence
of
the
San
Tome
mine
,
were
quietly
gathering
substance
in
that
part
of
the
Republic
.
If
,
for
instance
,
the
Sulaco
Collectorship
was
generally
understood
,
in
the
political
world
of
the
capital
,
to
open
the
way
to
the
Ministry
of
Finance
,
and
so
on
for
every
official
post
,
then
,
on
the
other
hand
,
the
despondent
business
circles
of
the
Republic
had
come
to
consider
the
Occidental
Province
as
the
promised
land
of
safety
,
especially
if
a
man
managed
to
get
on
good
terms
with
the
administration
of
the
mine
.
"
Charles
Gould
;
excellent
fellow
!
Absolutely
necessary
to
make
sure
of
him
before
taking
a
single
step
.
Get
an
introduction
to
him
from
Moraga
if
you
can
--
the
agent
of
the
King
of
Sulaco
,
do
n't
you
know
.
"
No
wonder
,
then
,
that
Sir
John
,
coming
from
Europe
to
smooth
the
path
for
his
railway
,
had
been
meeting
the
name
(
and
even
the
nickname
)
of
Charles
Gould
at
every
turn
in
Costaguana
.
The
agent
of
the
San
Tome
Administration
in
Sta
.
Marta
(
a
polished
,
well-informed
gentleman
,
Sir
John
thought
him
)
had
certainly
helped
so
greatly
in
bringing
about
the
presidential
tour
that
he
began
to
think
that
there
was
something
in
the
faint
whispers
hinting
at
the
immense
occult
influence
of
the
Gould
Concession
.
What
was
currently
whispered
was
this
--
that
the
San
Tome
Administration
had
,
in
part
,
at
least
,
financed
the
last
revolution
,
which
had
brought
into
a
five-year
dictatorship
Don
Vincente
Ribiera
,
a
man
of
culture
and
of
unblemished
character
,
invested
with
a
mandate
of
reform
by
the
best
elements
of
the
State
.
Serious
,
well-informed
men
seemed
to
believe
the
fact
,
to
hope
for
better
things
,
for
the
establishment
of
legality
,
of
good
faith
and
order
in
public
life
.
So
much
the
better
,
then
,
thought
Sir
John
.
He
worked
always
on
a
great
scale
;
there
was
a
loan
to
the
State
,
and
a
project
for
systematic
colonization
of
the
Occidental
Province
,
involved
in
one
vast
scheme
with
the
construction
of
the
National
Central
Railway
.
Good
faith
,
order
,
honesty
,
peace
,
were
badly
wanted
for
this
great
development
of
material
interests
.
Anybody
on
the
side
of
these
things
,
and
especially
if
able
to
help
,
had
an
importance
in
Sir
John
's
eyes
.
He
had
not
been
disappointed
in
the
"
King
of
Sulaco
.
"
The
local
difficulties
had
fallen
away
,
as
the
engineer-in-chief
had
foretold
they
would
,
before
Charles
Gould
's
mediation
.
Sir
John
had
been
extremely
feted
in
Sulaco
,
next
to
the
President-Dictator
,
a
fact
which
might
have
accounted
for
the
evident
ill-humour
General
Montero
displayed
at
lunch
given
on
board
the
Juno
just
before
she
was
to
sail
,
taking
away
from
Sulaco
the
President-Dictator
and
the
distinguished
foreign
guests
in
his
train
.
The
Excellentissimo
(
"
the
hope
of
honest
men
,
"
as
Don
Jose
had
addressed
him
in
a
public
speech
delivered
in
the
name
of
the
Provincial
Assembly
of
Sulaco
)
sat
at
the
head
of
the
long
table
;
Captain
Mitchell
,
positively
stony-eyed
and
purple
in
the
face
with
the
solemnity
of
this
"
historical
event
,
"
occupied
the
foot
as
the
representative
of
the
O.S.N.
Company
in
Sulaco
,
the
hosts
of
that
informal
function
,
with
the
captain
of
the
ship
and
some
minor
officials
from
the
shore
around
him
.
Those
cheery
,
swarthy
little
gentlemen
cast
jovial
side-glances
at
the
bottles
of
champagne
beginning
to
pop
behind
the
guests
'
backs
in
the
hands
of
the
ship
's
stewards
.
The
amber
wine
creamed
up
to
the
rims
of
the
glasses
.
Charles
Gould
had
his
place
next
to
a
foreign
envoy
,
who
,
in
a
listless
undertone
,
had
been
talking
to
him
fitfully
of
hunting
and
shooting
.
The
well-nourished
,
pale
face
,
with
an
eyeglass
and
drooping
yellow
moustache
,
made
the
Senor
Administrador
appear
by
contrast
twice
as
sunbaked
,
more
flaming
red
,
a
hundred
times
more
intensely
and
silently
alive
.
Don
Jose
Avellanos
touched
elbows
with
the
other
foreign
diplomat
,
a
dark
man
with
a
quiet
,
watchful
,
self-confident
demeanour
,
and
a
touch
of
reserve
.
All
etiquette
being
laid
aside
on
the
occasion
,
General
Montero
was
the
only
one
there
in
full
uniform
,
so
stiff
with
embroideries
in
front
that
his
broad
chest
seemed
protected
by
a
cuirass
of
gold
.
Sir
John
at
the
beginning
had
got
away
from
high
places
for
the
sake
of
sitting
near
Mrs.
Gould
.
The
great
financier
was
trying
to
express
to
her
his
grateful
sense
of
her
hospitality
and
of
his
obligation
to
her
husband
's
"
enormous
influence
in
this
part
of
the
country
,
"
when
she
interrupted
him
by
a
low
"
Hush
!
"
The
President
was
going
to
make
an
informal
pronouncement
.
The
Excellentissimo
was
on
his
legs
.
He
said
only
a
few
words
,
evidently
deeply
felt
,
and
meant
perhaps
mostly
for
Avellanos
--
his
old
friend
--
as
to
the
necessity
of
unremitting
effort
to
secure
the
lasting
welfare
of
the
country
emerging
after
this
last
struggle
,
he
hoped
,
into
a
period
of
peace
and
material
prosperity
.
