"It is yours!" he exclaimed, quickly unbuckling it; and I could not
induce him to take it back again.
I am glad I did not tell his sister, who was with him and with whom
I was lucky enough to get acquainted, what a beautiful white hand
she had. She might have given it to me on the spot; and that, as
she had soft eyes, a queenly form, and a half million or so in her
own right, would have made me feel bad.
Reports reach us here of high-handed robberies by the banditti all
along the road to the City of Mexico. They steal clothes as well
as coin. A few days since the mail coach entered the city with all
the passengers stark-naked! They must have felt mortified.