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caused my trunks to be carried, was to have three good mules bought for my use. You may be sure I paid dear for them; but this signified but little in my present situation. In addition to the twentyfive thousand francs which I now possessed, four thousand more had fallen to me by the death of my companion in fortune. I hired also a muleteer who was well acquainted with the roads, and we left the city the following morning as soon as the gates My impatience to leave Barcelona as soon as possible may easily be conceived; a felucca might have arrived there, with orders from my relations to arrest me. It was incumbent on me, therefore, to be active. To so prudent a fear I added the precaution of avoiding all the high roads, telling my followers, that as my sole object in travelling was my own pleasure, it was my wish to reach the Ebro as fast as possible; that, as I rode along its banks, I might be gratified with a view of the charming landscapes on both sides of it.

were open.

CHAPTER XLVI.

GUZMAN, ON HIS JOURNEY TO SARAGOSSA, MAKES ACQUAINTANCE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH A YOUNG WIDOW-PROGRESS AND CONCLUSION OF THIS NEW PASSION.

I STEERED clear of the high roads, for the reasons I have already told you, and spurring on my mule through all the by-ways towards the Ebro, intending to coast it from thence to Saragossa, I travelled with