José — page 166: what you’re looking at

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JOSE. 159 fraught with a strange mingling of fawning civility and derision. The girl, now thoroughly alarmed, said: “T have no money about me to offer you, but I shall requite you. My relatives will gladly pay a sum which will amply remunerate any one protect- ing me. : The woman turned and said something in Spanish to the man, that caused Mary to feel her position more keenly than ever. She knew that she was in the heart of the wilder. ness, and at the mercy of these people. She grasped’ her dagger, determined to defend herself. Out- doors, wind and rain seemed vying with each other for the mastery. Gomicbooks (E(0) m