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Dene, as he made his way across the Square to the President's house, found every corner blocked with little groups of gesticulating and excited men talking eagerly together and pointing often to the dingy-looking prison on the hill. One name he heard continually upon their lips--"Sagasta"--and the same name had just been pronounced by the Senora Rimarez when the black footman in resplendent livery opened the drawing-room door and announced his arrival to the President and his wife.
"Sagasta!" Dene repeated as he bowed to the Senora. "Is it a man's name, or a new orchid, or the name of a country? I heard it a dozen times as I crossed the Plaza, and again from your lips as I entered the room."