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Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio. They had made all haste to reach their dwelling. The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
Dona Manuela was expecting them. In a few words they reported to her all that had happened at the _tertulia_, and hastened to their couches; for they were obliged to leave again at daybreak, if they wished to arrive in good time at San Lucar without over-fatigueing Dona Manuela, who was to accompany them. In fact, according to agreement, they mounted their horses a little before four in the morning.