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The
sun
lit
up
the
sky
behind
the
peaks
of
the
Cordillera
.
The
Capataz
looked
down
for
a
time
upon
the
fall
of
loose
earth
,
stones
,
and
smashed
bushes
,
concealing
the
hiding-place
of
the
silver
.
"
I
must
grow
rich
very
slowly
,
"
he
meditated
,
aloud
.
SULACO
outstripped
Nostromo
's
prudence
,
growing
rich
swiftly
on
the
hidden
treasures
of
the
earth
,
hovered
over
by
the
anxious
spirits
of
good
and
evil
,
torn
out
by
the
labouring
hands
of
the
people
.
It
was
like
a
second
youth
,
like
a
new
life
,
full
of
promise
,
of
unrest
,
of
toil
,
scattering
lavishly
its
wealth
to
the
four
corners
of
an
excited
world
.
Material
changes
swept
along
in
the
train
of
material
interests
.
And
other
changes
more
subtle
,
outwardly
unmarked
,
affected
the
minds
and
hearts
of
the
workers
.
Captain
Mitchell
had
gone
home
to
live
on
his
savings
invested
in
the
San
Tome
mine
;
and
Dr.
Monygham
had
grown
older
,
with
his
head
steel-grey
and
the
unchanged
expression
of
his
face
,
living
on
the
inexhaustible
treasure
of
his
devotion
drawn
upon
in
the
secret
of
his
heart
like
a
store
of
unlawful
wealth
.
The
Inspector-General
of
State
Hospitals
(
whose
maintenance
is
a
charge
upon
the
Gould
Concession
)
,
Official
Adviser
on
Sanitation
to
the
Municipality
,
Chief
Medical
Officer
of
the
San
Tome
Consolidated
Mines
(
whose
territory
,
containing
gold
,
silver
,
copper
,
lead
,
cobalt
,
extends
for
miles
along
the
foot-hills
of
the
Cordillera
)
,
had
felt
poverty-stricken
,
miserable
,
and
starved
during
the
prolonged
,
second
visit
the
Goulds
paid
to
Europe
and
the
United
States
of
America
.
Intimate
of
the
casa
,
proved
friend
,
a
bachelor
without
ties
and
without
establishment
(
except
of
the
professional
sort
)
,
he
had
been
asked
to
take
up
his
quarters
in
the
Gould
house
.
In
the
eleven
months
of
their
absence
the
familiar
rooms
,
recalling
at
every
glance
the
woman
to
whom
he
had
given
all
his
loyalty
,
had
grown
intolerable
.
As
the
day
approached
for
the
arrival
of
the
mail
boat
Hermes
(
the
latest
addition
to
the
O.
S.
N.
Co.
'
s
splendid
fleet
)
,
the
doctor
hobbled
about
more
vivaciously
,
snapped
more
sardonically
at
simple
and
gentle
out
of
sheer
nervousness
.
He
packed
up
his
modest
trunk
with
speed
,
with
fury
,
with
enthusiasm
,
and
saw
it
carried
out
past
the
old
porter
at
the
gate
of
the
Casa
Gould
with
delight
,
with
intoxication
;
then
,
as
the
hour
approached
,
sitting
alone
in
the
great
landau
behind
the
white
mules
,
a
little
sideways
,
his
drawn-in
face
positively
venomous
with
the
effort
of
self-control
,
and
holding
a
pair
of
new
gloves
in
his
left
hand
,
he
drove
to
the
harbour
.
His
heart
dilated
within
him
so
,
when
he
saw
the
Goulds
on
the
deck
of
the
Hermes
,
that
his
greetings
were
reduced
to
a
casual
mutter
.
Driving
back
to
town
,
all
three
were
silent
.
And
in
the
patio
the
doctor
,
in
a
more
natural
manner
,
said
--
"
I
'll
leave
you
now
to
yourselves
.
I
'll
call
to-morrow
if
I
may
?
"
"
Come
to
lunch
,
dear
Dr.
Monygham
,
and
come
early
,
"
said
Mrs.
Gould
,
in
her
travelling
dress
and
her
veil
down
,
turning
to
look
at
him
at
the
foot
of
the
stairs
;
while
at
the
top
of
the
flight
the
Madonna
,
in
blue
robes
and
the
Child
on
her
arm
,
seemed
to
welcome
her
with
an
aspect
of
pitying
tenderness
.
"
Do
n't
expect
to
find
me
at
home
,
"
Charles
Gould
warned
him
.
"
I
'll
be
off
early
to
the
mine
.
"
