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The American Claimant

CHAPTER XII
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He was plenty good enough Spaniard as it was; his face was very dark, his hair very black, and his eyes were not only exceedingly black but were very intense, and there was something about them that indicated that they could burn with passion upon occasion.

He was stoop-shouldered and lean-faced, and the general aspect of him was disagreeable; he was evidently not a very companionable person.

If looks went for anything, he was the very opposite of his wife, who was all motherliness and charity, good will and good nature.
All the young men and the women called her Aunt Rachael, which was another sign.

Tracy's wandering and interested eye presently fell upon one boarder who had been overlooked in the distribution of the stew.
He was very pale and looked as if he had but lately come out of a sick bed, and also as if he ought to get back into it again as soon as possible.

His face was very melancholy.


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