Part 43 (1/2)
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Father Agustin re looks difficult, force is not always the best means”
”It doesn't seereed
”I'd six of your countrymen withRio Frio with soldiers But how did you coustin's eyes twinkled
”I came as duenna You were surprised when you heard what the senorita had undertaken, but it appeared thatof a protection and, perhaps, a guarantee One concludes that this did not strike you”
Walthew looked eustin smiled
”You look as if you need refreshment,” he said ”We will have our supper now”
When thewhile Blanca leaned back silently in her chair Her look was strained, and once Walthew surprised her cautious glance at the clock
”I had forgotten the despatch-carrier,” he said with so”
”There is another road; longer and at present dangerous,” explained Father Agustin ”We have had it watched, but this is the obvious way for a er to take”
”For all that,” said Walthew steadily, ”I hope the felloill choose the other”
Neither of them answered Blanca lay back in her chair; the priest sat with one elbow on the table, his cheek resting on his upturned palm He was very tired
Walthew studied hihts into words
”It is curious, Father Agustin, that whenever I have an to happen”
”It is possible Perhaps a priest is most needed where there is trouble, and my mission is not always peace One looks forward to the tier rule the hearts of arette his host passed over to hi new and his manner was by no means dramatic, he felt impressed The quiet priest in his shabby cassock and clu personality It was hard to tell what part he took in the revolution, but even if it were not directly active, Walthew thought him a moral force thatwas said There was no sound in the roo of the clock, and it seeined that there was nobody in it except thelanced at Blanca
It was a hateful task she had been given, but he saw that she et on, because Grahaer, but he could not leave until the despatch-carrier caustin, but Walthew felt that he ot cooler, and a faint, earthy sh the s
Now and then the laht, and once or twice they forced themselves to talk, but the effort was obvious and the voices presently died away After this the quietness beca hiirl She did not move, but her pose was tense, and he knew that she atchful He resented the craving for sleep when she was bearing a heavy strain, but he had traveled fast since he left the lagoon and his exhausted body deive in, and at last he started as a faint throbbing sound reached hirew plainer, and he saw Father Agustin lean forward Then Blanca stood up with a tinge of color in her face and a tightening of her lips So hard down the road There was a shout and a sharp answer
For a fewwith forced calm, and then a man hurriedly entered