Quotation from: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"Senores, have no apprehension. Go on quietly making your Ferro
Carril--your railways, your telegraphs. Your--There's enough wealth in
Costaguana to pay for everything--or else you would not be here. Ha! ha!
Don't mind this little picardia of my friend Montero. In a little while
you shall behold his dyed moustaches through the bars of a strong wooden
cage. Si, senores! Fear nothing, develop the country, work, work!"


The little group of engineers received this exhortation without a word,
and after waving his hand at them loftily, he addressed himself again to
Mrs. Gould--

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