Though it don't so much signify, since the lady has made your acquaintance already.

Permit me to present my dear Adela." It is the beautiful huntress who steps forward to be introduced, now looking more beautiful than ever.
To Hamersley all is explained by her presence.

He remembers the portrait upon the wall, which accounts for his fancy of having seen her face before.
He sees it now; his wonder giving way to an intense, ardent admiration.
Soon, the young lady retiring, his curiosity comes back, and he asks his host for an explanation.

How came Colonel Miranda there, and why?
By what sinister combination of circumstances has the military commandant of Albuquerque made his home in the midst of a howling wilderness, for such is the Llano Estacado?
Despite the smiling oasis immediately surrounding it, it cannot have been choice.

No.