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Cervantes said:
"With men like General Natera and Colonel Demetrio
Macias, we'll cover our country with glory."
Demetrio understood the purpose of those words, after
Natera had repeatedly addressed him as "Colonel."
Wine and beer were served; Demetrio and Natera
drank many a toast. Luis Cervantes proposed: "The triumph
of our cause, which is the sublime triumph of Justice,
because our ideal--to free the noble, long-suffering
people of Mexico--is about to be realized and because
those men who have watered the earth with their blood
and tears will reap the harvest which is rightfully theirs."
Natera fixed his cruel gaze on the orator, then turned his
back on him to talk to Demetrio. Presently, one of Natera's
officers, a young man with a frank open face, drew
up to the table and stared insistently at Cervantes.
"Are you Luis Cervantes"
"Yes. You're Solis, eh"
"The moment you entered I thought I recognized you.
Well, well, even now I can hardly believe my eyes!"
"It's true enough!"
"Well, but . . . look here, let's have a drink, come
along." Then:
"Hm," Solis went on, offering Cervantes a chair,
"since when have you turned rebel"
"I've been a rebel the last two months!"
"Oh, I see! That's why you speak with such faith and
enthusiasm about things we all felt when we joined the
revolution."
"Have you lost your faith or enthusiasm"
"Look here, man, don't be surprised if I confide in you