О`Генри – «The Ransom of Red Chief» and Other Stories / «Вождь краснокожих» и другие рассказы (страница 4)

It was an old story to the district attorney.

“Tell her,” said he, “that I can do nothing. The case comes up in the morning, and he will have to make his fight before the court.”

Nancy Derwent was not so hardened. She was looking with sympathetic interest at Joya Treviñas and at Littlefield alternately. The deputy repeated the district attorney's words to the girl. She spoke a sentence or two in a low voice, pulled her shawl closely about her face, and left the room.

“What did she say then?” asked the district attorney.

“Nothing special,” said the deputy. “She said: 'If the life of the one'-let's see how it went-'Si la vida de ella á quien tu amas-if the life of the girl you love is ever in danger, remember Rafael Ortiz.'”

Kilpatrick strolled out through the corridor in the direction of the marshal's office.

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