Carossa spoke to one of them, who brought forth a stone jar from a recess in the wall.

Tin cups were produced and all, including Carossa, drank pulque made from the maguey plant.

They offered it also to Ned and Obed, but both declined.
The pulque did not make the men more quarrelsome, but seemed to plunge them into a lethargy.

Two or three of them hummed doleful songs, as if they were thinking of homes to which they could not go.

One began to weep, but finally spread out his serape, lay down on it and went to sleep.