21/42 I think they are clean enough for our use. In return we offer you this most excellent musket, a beautiful weapon made at Seville. It is worth twice what we demand for it. Behold the beautifully carved stock and the fine steel barrel." The Mexican, a dark, heavy-jawed fellow, regarded them maliciously, while his wife and seven half-naked children sat by in silence, but watching the strangers with the wary, shifting eyes of wild animals. |