Caupolican. Walk so cautiously that the earth itself may not catch your footfall. Redouble your precautions, friends. If we arrive unheard, I will answer for the victory.
Tucapel. Night veils all; fearful darkness covers the earth. We hear no sentinel; we have seen no spies.
Ringo. Let us advance!
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Tucapel. What do I hear? Are we discovered?
Lope da Vega: The Conquest of Arauco.
“I SAY, Guldon Stayper, old fellow, the evening breeze is beginning to blow my hairy cap about my head rather vigorously.”
These words were spoken by Kennybol, as his eyes wandered for a moment from the giant who marched at the head of the insurgents, and half turned toward a mountaineer whom the accident of a disorderly progress had placed beside him.
His friend shook his head and shifted his banner from one shoulder to the other, with a deep sigh of fatigue, as he answered:—
“Hum! I fancy, Captain, that in these confounded Black Pillar gorges, through which the wind rushes like a torrent let loose, we shall not be as warm to-night as if we were flames dancing on the hearth.”