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For
some
weeks
,
with
motive
unknown
,
she
has
been
devoting
herself
to
the
study
of
La
lengua
Americana
.
Her
vocabulary
of
English
words
,
still
scanty
,
is
sufficient
for
her
present
purpose
;
which
is
to
acquire
information
,
not
about
the
murder
,
but
the
man
accused
of
committing
it
.
The
landlord
,
knowing
who
she
is
,
answers
her
inquiries
with
obsequious
politeness
.
She
learns
that
Maurice
Gerald
is
no
longer
his
guest
,
with
"
full
particulars
of
the
murder
,
"
so
far
as
known
.
With
a
sad
heart
she
rides
back
to
the
Hacienda
Martinez
.
On
reaching
the
house
,
she
finds
its
tranquillity
again
disturbed
.
The
new
cause
of
excitement
might
have
been
deemed
ludicrous
;
though
it
is
not
so
regarded
by
the
superstitious
peons
.
A
rare
rumour
has
reached
the
place
.
A
man
without
a
head
--
un
hombre
descabezado
--
has
been
seen
riding
about
the
plains
,
somewhere
near
the
Rio
Nueces
!
Despite
its
apparent
absurdity
,
there
can
be
no
doubting
the
correctness
of
the
report
.
It
is
rife
throughout
the
settlement
.
But
there
is
still
surer
confirmation
of
it
.
A
party
of
Don
Silvio
's
own
people
--
herdsmen
out
in
search
of
strayed
cattle
--
have
seen
the
cavallero
descabezado
;
and
,
desisting
from
their
search
,
had
ridden
away
from
him
,
as
they
would
have
done
from
the
devil
!
The
vaqueros
--
there
are
three
of
them
--
are
all
ready
to
swear
to
the
account
given
.
But
their
scared
looks
furnish
a
more
trustworthy
evidence
of
its
truthfulness
.
The
sun
goes
down
upon
a
congeries
of
frightful
rumours
.
Neither
these
nor
the
protestations
of
Don
Silvio
and
his
sister
can
prevent
their
capricious
niece
from
carrying
out
a
resolution
she
seems
suddenly
to
have
formed
--
which
is
,
to
ride
back
to
the
Rio
Grande
.
It
makes
no
difference
to
her
,
that
a
murder
has
been
committed
on
the
road
she
will
have
to
take
;
much
less
that
near
it
has
been
seen
the
ghastly
apparition
of
a
headless
horseman
!
What
to
any
other
traveller
should
cause
dismay
,
seems
only
to
attract
Isidora
.
She
even
proposes
making
the
journey
alone
!
Don
Silvio
offers
an
escort
--
half
a
score
of
his
vaqueros
,
armed
to
the
teeth
.
The
offer
is
rejected
.
Will
she
take
Benito
?
No
.
She
prefers
journeying
alone
In
short
,
she
is
determined
upon
it
.
