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what to do."<br />

"Ain't it wonderful to be able to read and write!"<br />

They both sighed, sadly. Luis Cervantes came in with<br />

several others to find out the day of their departure.<br />

"We're leaving no later than tomorrow," said Demetrio<br />

without hesitation.<br />

Quail suggested that musicians be summoned from<br />

the neighboring hamlet and that a farewell dance be<br />

given. His idea met with enthusiasm on all sides.<br />

"We'll go, then," Pancracio shouted, "but I'm certainly<br />

going in good company this time. My sweetheart's coming<br />

along with me!"<br />

Demetrio replied that he too would willingly take along<br />

a girl he had set his eye on, but that he hoped none of his<br />

men would leave bitter memories behind them as the<br />

Federals did.<br />

"You won't have long to wait. Everything will be arranged<br />

when you return," Luis Cervantes whispered to him.<br />

"What do you mean" Demetrio asked. "I thought<br />

that you and Camilla . . ."<br />

"There's not a word of truth in it, Chief. She likes you<br />

but she's afraid of you, that's all."<br />

"Really Is that really true"<br />

"Yes. But I think you're quite right in not wanting<br />

to leave any bitter feelings behind you as you go. When<br />

you come back as a conqueror, everything will be different.<br />

They'll all thank you for it even."<br />

"By God, you're certainly a shrewd one," Demetrio replied,<br />

patting him on the back.<br />

At sundown, Camilla went to the river to fetch water<br />

as usual. Luis Cervantes, walking down the same trail,<br />

met her. Camilla felt her heart leap to her mouth. But,

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