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"
That
's
all
,
"
said
Blythe
.
"
Unless
you
would
n't
mind
sending
in
another
drink
from
the
bar
as
you
go
out
.
Old
Espada
has
closed
my
account
to
profit
and
loss
.
And
pay
for
the
lot
,
will
you
,
like
a
good
fellow
?
"
"
All
right
,
"
said
Goodwin
.
"
Buenas
noches
.
"
"
Beelzebub
"
Blythe
lingered
over
his
cups
,
polishing
his
eyeglasses
with
a
disreputable
handkerchief
.
"
I
thought
I
could
do
it
,
but
I
could
n't
,
"
he
muttered
to
himself
after
a
time
.
"
A
gentleman
ca
n't
blackmail
the
man
that
he
drinks
with
.
"
Spilled
milk
draws
few
tears
from
an
Anchurian
administration
.
Many
are
its
lacteal
sources
;
and
the
clocks
'
hands
point
forever
to
milking
time
.
Even
the
rich
cream
skimmed
from
the
treasury
by
the
bewitched
Miraflores
did
not
cause
the
newly-installed
patriots
to
waste
time
in
unprofitable
regrets
.
The
government
philosophically
set
about
supplying
the
deficiency
by
increasing
the
import
duties
and
by
"
suggesting
"
to
wealthy
private
citizens
that
contributions
according
to
their
means
would
be
considered
patriotic
and
in
order
.
Prosperity
was
expected
to
attend
the
reign
of
Losada
,
the
new
president
.
The
ousted
office-holders
and
military
favourites
organized
a
new
"
Liberal
"
party
,
and
began
to
lay
their
plans
for
a
resuccession
.
Thus
the
game
of
Anchurian
politics
began
,
like
a
Chinese
comedy
,
to
unwind
slowly
its
serial
length
.
Here
and
there
Mirth
peeps
for
an
instant
from
the
wings
and
illumines
the
florid
lines
.
A
dozen
quarts
of
champagne
in
conjunction
with
an
informal
sitting
of
the
president
and
his
cabinet
led
to
the
establishment
of
the
navy
and
the
appointment
of
Felipe
Carrera
as
its
admiral
.
Next
to
the
champagne
the
credit
of
the
appointment
belongs
to
Don
Sabas
Placido
,
the
newly
confirmed
Minister
of
War
.
The
president
had
requested
a
convention
of
his
cabinet
for
the
discussion
of
questions
politic
and
for
the
transaction
of
certain
routine
matters
of
state
.
The
session
had
been
signally
tedious
;
the
business
and
the
wine
prodigiously
dry
.
A
sudden
,
prankish
humour
of
Don
Sabas
,
impelling
him
to
the
deed
,
spiced
the
grave
affairs
of
state
with
a
whiff
of
agreeable
playfulness
.
In
the
dilatory
order
of
business
had
come
a
bulletin
from
the
coast
department
of
Orilla
del
Mar
reporting
the
seizure
by
the
custom-house
officers
at
the
town
of
Coralio
of
the
sloop
Estrella
del
Noche
and
her
cargo
of
drygoods
,
patent
medicines
,
granulated
sugar
and
three-star
brandy
.
Also
six
Martini
rifles
and
a
barrel
of
American
whisky
.
Caught
in
the
act
of
smuggling
,
the
sloop
with
its
cargo
was
now
,
according
to
law
,
the
property
of
the
republic
.
