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In the meantime Don Ramon had left Valdivia. This time the senator was alone -- alone with his horse, a poor, lean, half-foundered beast, which hobbled along with its head and ears down, and appeared in all points to harmonise with the sad thoughts which doubtless occupied its master's mind.
The future by no means appeared to him pleasant. He had left Valdivia under a threat of death; at every step he expected to be aimed at by some invisible gun. Being conscious that he could not impose upon the enemies, doubtless disseminated over his route, by any appearance of strength or power, he determined to impose upon them by his weakness -- that is to say, he got rid of all his arms. At a few leagues distance from Valdivia he had been passed by Joan. Don Ramon watched him for a long time with a look of envy.