40/49 For she was sure it was the Americans. "Anything was possible with such a man as Sam Houston near the city." "Perhaps it is Santa Anna," at length suggested Antonia. "He has been making trouble ever since I can remember. He was born with a sword in his hand, I think." "Ca! And every American with a rifle in his hand! Santa Anna is a monster, but at least he fights for his own country. Texas is not the country of the Americans." "But, indeed, they believe that Texas is their country"; and to these words Doctor Worth entered. |