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As
no
other
sound
succeeded
the
shot
--
neither
the
groan
of
a
wounded
man
,
nor
the
scream
of
a
stricken
animal
--
the
jaguar
soon
recovered
confidence
,
and
once
more
essayed
to
frighten
the
denizens
of
the
thicket
with
his
hoarse
growling
.
Friends
and
enemies
--
birds
,
beasts
,
insects
,
and
reptiles
--
disregarding
his
voice
in
the
distance
,
reassumed
the
thread
of
their
choral
strain
;
until
the
chapparal
was
restored
to
its
normal
noisy
condition
,
when
two
individuals
standing
close
together
,
can
only
hold
converse
by
speaking
in
the
highest
pitch
of
their
voices
!
The
breakfast
bell
of
Casa
del
Corvo
had
sounded
its
second
and
last
summons
--
preceded
by
a
still
earlier
signal
from
a
horn
,
intended
to
call
in
the
stragglers
from
remote
parts
of
the
plantation
.
The
"
field
hands
"
labouring
near
had
collected
around
the
"
quarter
;
"
and
in
groups
,
squatted
upon
the
grass
,
or
seated
upon
stray
logs
,
were
discussing
their
diet
--
by
no
means
spare
--
of
"
hog
and
hominy
"
corn-bread
and
"
corn-coffee
,
"
with
a
jocosity
that
proclaimed
a
keen
relish
of
these
,
their
ordinary
comestibles
.
The
planter
's
family
assembled
in
the
sala
were
about
to
begin
breakfast
,
when
it
was
discovered
that
one
of
its
members
was
missing
.
Henry
was
the
absent
one
.
At
first
there
was
but
little
notice
taken
of
the
circumstance
.
Only
the
conjecture
:
that
he
would
shortly
make
his
appearance
.
As
several
minutes
passed
without
his
coming
in
,
the
planter
quietly
observed
that
it
was
rather
strange
of
Henry
to
be
behind
time
,
and
wonder
where
he
could
be
.
The
breakfast
of
the
South-western
American
is
usually
a
well
appointed
meal
.
It
is
eaten
at
a
fixed
hour
,
and
table-d'hôte
fashion
--
all
the
members
of
the
family
meeting
at
the
table
.
This
habit
is
exacted
by
a
sort
of
necessity
,
arising
out
of
the
nature
of
some
of
the
viands
peculiar
to
the
country
;
many
of
which
,
as
"
Virginia
biscuit
,
"
"
buckwheat
cakes
,
"
and
"
waffles
,
"
are
only
relished
coming
fresh
from
,
the
fire
:
so
that
the
hour
when
breakfast
is
being
eaten
in
the
dining-room
,
is
that
in
which
the
cook
is
broiling
her
skin
in
the
kitchen
.
