Sunshine and sentiment in Portugal . ^^ -«ie?:S^c:^:j_. A SIN(;ULAK OKIKCI WAS IN 1(_1SSKSS|I_^,N (_)1 MV BARTOLOMEOS STORY 95 I would like to hold them in my hands, he said, gazingfixedly at the mountains. I stared at him in surprise, buthe never noticed it. His next remark enlightened me. I have never touched a real English gun, he murmuredhalf to himself. I hastened to satisfy his curiosity. Together we inspectedour armament. Wardens pistol was dismissed with scantpraise ; Hadows and my double-barrelled breech-loaderswere approved of, but the superlative expression of hisadmirat
Sunshine and sentiment in Portugal . ^^ -«ie?:S^c:^:j_. A SIN(;ULAK OKIKCI WAS IN 1(_1SSKSS|I_^,N (_)1 MV BARTOLOMEOS STORY 95 I would like to hold them in my hands, he said, gazingfixedly at the mountains. I stared at him in surprise, buthe never noticed it. His next remark enlightened me. I have never touched a real English gun, he murmuredhalf to himself. I hastened to satisfy his curiosity. Together we inspectedour armament. Wardens pistol was dismissed with scantpraise ; Hadows and my double-barrelled breech-loaderswere approved of, but the superlative expression of hisadmiration was reserved for the express rifle. Que hello! Ah, Deos! Que hello P he murmured;then, after a lengthy pause : It will kill far ? It will drop a man at many hundred yards, said Ilightly, with the tone of one who has dropped manymen in his time. He made me repeat it twice—the newsseemed almost too good to be true. Ee, isto assim possivel ? (Is it realh^ possible ?) was allthat he said, but there was no mistaking the note of deepadmiration in his
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