Chata and Chinita: A Novel

Chata and Chinita: A Novel

Chata and Chinita: A NovelOn an evening in May, some forty years ago, Tio Pedro, the portero,...
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Chata and Chinita: A Novel

Chata and Chinita: A Novel

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Chata and Chinita: A Novel

Dhs. 50.36 Dhs. 25.17
Author: Preston, Laura,1846-
Format: eBook
Language: English

Chata and Chinita: A Novel

On an evening in May, some forty years ago, Tio Pedro, the portero, or gate-keeper, of Tres Hermanos, had loosened the iron bolts that held back the great doors against the massive stone walls, and was about to close the hacienda buildings for the night, when a traveller, humbly dressed in a shabby suit of buff leather, urged his weary mule up the road from the village, and pulling off his wide sombrero of woven grass, asked in the name of God for food and shelter. Pedro glanced at him sourly enough from beneath his broad felt-hat, gay with a silver cord and heavy tassels. The last rays of the setting sun flashed in his eyes, allowing him but an uncertain glimpse of the dark face of the stranger, though the shabby and forlorn aspect of both man and beast were sufficiently apparent to warn him from forcing an appearance of courtesy, and he muttered, grumblingly, Pass in! Pass in! See you not I am in a hurry? God save us! Am I to stand all night waiting on your lordship? Another moment, friend, and the gate would have been shut. By my patron saint, he added in a lower tone, it would have been small grief to me to have turned the key upon thee and thy beast. By thy looks, Tia Selsas mud hut for thee, and the shade of a mesquite for thy mule, would have suited all needs well enough. But since it is the will of the saints that thou comest here, why get thee in. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64269
Author: Preston, Laura
Release Date: Jan 12, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

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