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Straight
through
the
lavish
growth
of
tropical
branch
and
leaf
and
vine
that
confronted
them
had
been
cunningly
trimmed
a
vista
,
that
ended
at
the
cleared
environs
of
Coralio
,
on
the
banks
of
the
mangrove
swamp
.
At
the
other
end
of
the
aerial
tunnel
they
could
see
the
grave
and
wooden
headpiece
that
bore
the
name
of
the
unhappy
President
Miraflores
.
From
this
window
when
the
rains
forbade
the
open
,
and
from
the
green
and
shady
slopes
of
Goodwin
's
fruitful
lands
when
the
skies
were
smiling
,
his
wife
was
wont
to
look
upon
that
grave
with
a
gentle
sadness
that
was
now
scarcely
a
mar
to
her
happiness
.
"
I
loved
him
so
,
Frank
!
"
she
said
,
"
even
after
that
terrible
flight
and
its
awful
ending
.
And
you
have
been
so
good
to
me
,
and
have
made
me
so
happy
.
It
has
all
grown
into
such
a
strange
puzzle
.
If
they
were
to
find
out
that
we
got
the
money
do
you
think
they
would
force
you
to
make
the
amount
good
to
the
government
?
"
"
They
would
undoubtedly
try
,
"
answered
Goodwin
.
"
You
are
right
about
its
being
a
puzzle
.
And
it
must
remain
a
puzzle
to
Falcon
and
all
his
countrymen
until
it
solves
itself
.
You
and
I
,
who
know
more
than
anyone
else
,
only
know
half
of
the
solution
.
We
must
not
let
even
a
hint
about
this
money
get
abroad
.
Let
them
come
to
the
theory
that
the
president
concealed
it
in
the
mountains
during
his
journey
,
or
that
he
found
means
to
ship
it
out
of
the
country
before
he
reached
Coralio
.
I
do
n't
think
that
Falcon
suspects
me
.
He
is
making
a
close
investigation
,
according
to
his
orders
,
but
he
will
find
out
nothing
.
"
Thus
they
spake
together
.
Had
anyone
overheard
or
overseen
them
as
they
discussed
the
lost
funds
of
Anchuria
there
would
have
been
a
second
puzzle
presented
.
For
upon
the
faces
and
in
the
bearing
of
each
of
them
was
visible
(
if
countenances
are
to
be
believed
)
Saxon
honesty
and
pride
and
honourable
thoughts
.
In
Goodwin
's
steady
eye
and
firm
lineaments
,
moulded
into
material
shape
by
the
inward
spirit
of
kindness
and
generosity
and
courage
,
there
was
nothing
reconcilable
with
his
words
.
As
for
his
wife
,
physiognomy
championed
her
even
in
the
face
of
their
accusive
talk
.
Nobility
was
in
her
guise
;
purity
was
in
her
glance
.
The
devotion
that
she
manifested
had
not
even
the
appearance
of
that
feeling
that
now
and
then
inspires
a
woman
to
share
the
guilt
of
her
partner
out
of
the
pathetic
greatness
of
her
love
.
No
,
there
was
a
discrepancy
here
between
what
the
eye
would
have
seen
and
the
ear
have
heard
.
Dinner
was
served
to
Goodwin
and
his
guest
in
the
patio
,
under
cool
foliage
and
flowers
.
The
American
begged
the
illustrious
secretary
to
excuse
the
absence
of
Mrs.
Goodwin
,
who
was
suffering
,
he
said
,
from
a
headache
brought
on
by
a
slight
calentura
.
After
the
meal
they
lingered
,
according
to
the
custom
,
over
their
coffee
and
cigars
.
Colonel
Falcon
,
with
true
Castilian
delicacy
,
waited
for
his
host
to
open
the
question
that
they
had
met
to
discuss
.
He
had
not
long
to
wait
.
As
soon
as
the
cigars
were
lighted
,
the
American
cleared
the
way
by
inquiring
whether
the
secretary
's
investigations
in
the
town
had
furnished
him
with
any
clue
to
the
lost
funds
.
"
I
have
found
no
one
yet
,
"
admitted
Colonel
Falcon
,
"
who
even
had
sight
of
the
valise
or
the
money
.
Yet
I
have
persisted
.
It
has
been
proven
in
the
capital
that
President
Miraflores
set
out
from
San
Mateo
with
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
belonging
to
the
government
,
accompanied
by
Señorita
Isabel
Guilbert
,
the
opera
singer
.
