Quotation from: A Set of Six

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"The soldiers, senora," Gaspar Ruiz had answered, in a faint voice.


"Patriots?"


"Si."


"What for?"


"Deserter," he gasped, leaning against the wall under the scrutiny of
her black eyes. "I was left for dead over there."


She led him through the house out to a small hut of clay and reeds, lost
in the long grass of the overgrown orchard. He sank on a heap of maize
straw in a corner, and sighed profoundly.

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