51/61 Then all our life long, if you had said, 'Isabel, I slew Santa Anna,' I should have given you honor for it. I should be obedient to your wishes for that deed." "But my charming one, I prefer to be obedient to your wish. Let us not think of the creature; he is but a dead dog." The doctor turned to his son. "Thomas, tell us about the capture." "I was riding with a young lieutenant, called Sylvester, from Cincinnati, and he saw a man hiding in the grass. He was in coarsest clothing, but Sylvester noticed under it linen of fine cambric. |