Prettynice,eh?
TheseBasquesareswellpeople,Billsaid.
TheBasquelyingagainstmylegswastannedthecolorofsaddle-leather.Heworeablacksmocklikealltherest.Therewerewrinklesinhistannedneck.Heturnedaroundandofferedhiswine-bagtoBill.Billhandedhimoneofourbottles.TheBasquewaggedaforefingerathimandhandedthebottleback,slappinginthecorkwiththepalmofhishand.Heshovedthewine-bagup.
Arriba!Arriba!hesaid.Liftitup.
Billraisedthewine-skinandletthestreamofwinespurtoutandintohismouth,hisheadtippedback.Whenhestoppeddrinkingandtippedtheleatherbottledownafewdropsrandownhischin.
No!No!severalBasquessaid.Notlikethat.Onesnatchedthebottleawayfromtheowner,whowashimselfabouttogiveademonstration.Hewasayoungfellowandheheldthewine-bottleatfullarms'lenhandraisedithighup,squeezingtheleatherbagwithhishandsothestreamofwinehissedintohismouth.Heheldthebagoutthere,thewinemakingaflat,hardtrajectoryintohismouth,andhekeptonswallowingsmoothlyandregularly.
Hey!theownerofthebottleshouted.Whosewineisthat?
Thedrinkerwaggledhislittlefingerathimandsmiledatuswithhiseyes.Thenhebitthestreamoffsharp,madeaquickliftwiththewine-bagandlowereditdowntotheowner.Hewinkedatus.Theownershookthewine-skinsadly.
Wepassedthroughatownandstoppedinfrontoftheposada,andthedrivertookonseveralpackages.Thenwestartedonagain,andoutsidethetowntheroadcommencedtomount.Weweregoingthroughfarmingcountrywithrockyhillsthatslopeddownintothefields.Thegrain-fieldswentupthehillsides.Nowaswewenthighertherewasawindblowingthegrain.Theroadwaswhiteanddusty,andthedustroseunderthewheelsandhungintheairbehindus.Theroadclimbedupintothehillsandlefttherichgrain-fieldsbelow.Nowtherewereonlypatchesofgrainonthebarehillsidesandoneachsideofthewater-courses.Weturnedsharplyouttothesideoftheroadtogiveroomtopasstoalongstringofsixmules,followingoneaftertheother,haulingahigh-hoodedwagonloadedwithfreight.Thewagonandthemuleswerecoveredwithdust.Closebehindwasanotherstringofmulesandanotherwagon.Thiswasloadedwithlumber,andthearrierodrivingthemulesleanedbackandputonthethickwoodenbrakesaswepassed.Upherethecountrywasquitebarrenandthehillswererockyandhard-bakedclayfurrowedbytherain.
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