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A month after the events we have related, two men, seated side by side in a clump of nopals, were conversing earnestly whilst admiring a magnificent sunrise. These two men were Valentine Guillois and the Count de Prebois-Crance. The Frenchmen were watching this reawakening of nature.
The count, rendered uneasy by the obstinate silence which Valentine preserved, at length spoke.