Plodgitt to
her guests; "she makes no acquaintances, which I consider bad for her
business. If it had not been for me, she would not have known Royal
Thatcher, the great quicksilver miner,--and had his order for a picture
of his mine!"
The two foreign gentlemen exchanged glances. One said, "Ah, God! this is
bad," and the other, "It is not possible;" and then, when the landlady's
back was turned, introduced themselves with a skeleton key into the then
vacant bedroom and studio of their fair countrywoman, who was absent
sketching. "Thou observest," said Mr. Pedro, refugee, to Miguel,
ex-ecclesiastic, "that this Americano is all-powerful, and that this
Victor, drunkard as he is, is right in his suspicions."
"Of a verity, yes," replied Miguel, "thou dost remember it was Jovita
Castro who, for her Americano lover, betrayed the Sobriente claim. It
is only with us, my Pedro, that the Mexican spirit, the real God and
Liberty, yet lives!"
They shook hands nobly and with sentimental fervor, and then went to
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