El supremo - 1916 Author:Edward Lucas White Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: sword in a silver scabbard. In his right hand he carried a yellow, silver-ferruled, gold-headed cane, with a crimson silk cord and tassel. Fine lace ruffles show... more »ed at his throat and wrists. His plump face was healthfully rosy and wore a kindly smile. His brown eyes dwelt upon Hawthorne with a courtly interest as far from intrusive curiosity as from forbidding haughtiness. Hawthorne addressed him in his best Castilian. "Am I mistaken in supposing that this is the house of Don Vicente Mayorga?" "I myself," said the Spaniard, with a bow, "am that Don Vicente Mayorga whom you name. In what manner may I serve you, Senor?" '' I am the bearer of letters of introduction,'' Hawthorne replied, '' from Mr. Robert Ponsonby Staples, English Consul at Buenos Aires, from Don Nicholas flerrera, and from Don Ignacio Cisneros, of that city, from Don Luis Aldao and Don Pascual Echagiie of Santa Fe, from Don Francisco Candioti, the Estanciero of Entre Rios, from Don Cayetano Martinez, and Don Esteban Maria Perrichon of Corrientes, and from others of your good friends." The Spaniard bowed for the second time, a low bow. "And by what name shall I address the friend of my friends, SenorV" he asked. Hawthorne told him his name. CHAPTER II THE UNSPEAKABLE NAME fllHE Spaniard bowed, even lower than before. J. "Do me the honor, Sefior Don Guillermo," he said, "of entering my house, which is henceforth yours." He led the way, not going into the patio itself, but turning to the right under the arcade. The first door, wide open like the street door, admitted them to a large room so dark that Hawthorne's eyes, still dazzled with the outdoor glare, could make out little of it. The three big windows facing him as he entered were so screened by their close-slatted jalousies that...« less