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Such
was
the
custom
of
Casa
del
Corvo
under
its
original
owners
:
and
the
fashion
was
followed
by
the
family
of
the
American
planter
--
not
from
any
idea
of
precedent
,
but
simply
in
obedience
to
the
suggestions
of
Nature
.
In
a
climate
of
almost
perpetual
spring
,
the
sweet
matutinal
moments
are
not
to
be
wasted
in
sleep
.
The
siesta
belongs
to
the
hours
of
noon
;
when
all
nature
appears
to
shrink
under
the
smiles
of
the
solar
luminary
--
as
if
surfeited
with
their
superabundance
.
On
his
reappearance
at
morn
the
sun
is
greeted
with
renewed
joy
.
Then
do
the
tropical
birds
spread
their
resplendent
plumage
--
the
flowers
their
dew-besprinkled
petals
--
to
receive
his
fervent
kisses
.
All
nature
again
seems
glad
,
to
acknowledge
him
as
its
god
.
Resplendent
as
any
bird
that
flutters
among
the
foliage
of
south-western
Texas
--
fair
as
any
flower
that
blooms
within
it
--
gladdest
was
she
who
appeared
upon
the
housetop
of
Casa
del
Corvo
.
Aurora
herself
,
rising
from
her
roseate
couch
,
looked
not
fresher
than
the
young
Creole
,
as
she
stood
contemplating
the
curtains
of
that
very
couch
,
from
which
a
Texan
sun
was
slowly
uplifting
his
globe
of
burning
gold
.
She
was
standing
upon
the
edge
of
the
azotea
that
fronted
towards
the
east
;
her
white
hand
resting
upon
the
copestone
of
the
parapet
still
wet
with
the
dews
of
the
night
,
under
her
eyes
was
the
garden
,
enclosed
within
a
curve
of
the
river
;
beyond
the
bluff
formed
by
the
opposite
bank
;
and
further
still
,
the
wide-spreading
plateau
of
the
prairie
.
Was
she
looking
at
a
landscape
,
that
could
scarce
fail
to
challenge
admiration
?
No
.
Equally
was
she
unconscious
of
the
ascending
sun
;
though
,
like
some
fair
pagan
,
did
she
appear
to
be
in
prayer
at
its
apprising
!
Listened
she
to
the
voices
of
the
birds
,
from
garden
and
grove
swelling
harmoniously
around
her
?
On
the
contrary
,
her
ear
was
not
bent
to
catch
any
sound
,
nor
her
eye
intent
upon
any
object
.
Her
glance
was
wandering
,
as
if
her
thoughts
went
not
with
it
,
but
were
dwelling
upon
some
theme
,
neither
present
nor
near
.
In
contrast
with
the
cheerful
brightness
of
the
sky
,
there
was
a
shadow
upon
her
brow
;
despite
the
joyous
warbling
of
the
birds
,
there
was
the
sign
of
sadness
on
her
cheek
.
