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βI should like to be commander-in-chief when the war of conquest begins,β said Mariano.
βA poor job youβd make of it, my son,β said Francisco.
βWhy so, father?β
βWhy? because hot blood and a giddy head with a revengeful spirit are not the best elements wherewith to construct a commander-in-chief.β
βAh! father, with every wish to be respectful I cannot refrain from reminding you of a certain pot which was reported once to have called a kettle black. Ha!β continued Mariano, turning towards the little old lady, βyou should have seen him, granny, in the Bagnio of Algiers, when the guards were inclined to be rather hard on some of the sickββ
βNo, no!β interrupted the old lady, shaking her head; βdonβt talk of that.β
βWell, I wonβt, except to say that Iβm thankful we are well out of it.β
βIt seems all like a strange dream,β returned the old lady thoughtfully.
βSo it does, mother,β murmured Francisco, βso it does,βan almost incredible dream.β
And so it seems to us, reader, now that we have closed the record of it; nevertheless it was no dream, but a sad and stern reality to those who played their part in itβto those who sorrowed and suffered, sixty years ago, in the Pirate City.
The End.
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