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see framed under glass in the Municipal Sala. Names areto be engraved all round the base. Well! They could do nobetter than begin with the name of Nostromo. He has donefor Separation as much as anybody else, and,’ added CaptainMitchell, ‘has got less than many others by it—when itcomes to that.’ He dropped on to a stone seat under a tree,and tapped invitingly at the place by his side. ‘He carried toBarrios the letters from Sulaco which decided the Generalto abandon Cayta for a time, and come back to our helphere by sea. The transports were still in harbour fortunately.Sir, I did not even know that my Capataz de Cargadoreswas alive. I had no idea. It was Dr. Monygham who cameupon him, by chance, in the Custom House, evacuatedan hour or two before by the wretched Sotillo. I was nevertold; never given a hint, nothing—as if I were unworthyof confidence. Monygham arranged it all. He went to therailway yards, and got admission to the engineer-in-chief,who, for the sake of the Goulds as much as for anythingelse, consented to let an engine make a dash down the line,one hundred and eighty miles, with Nostromo aboard. Itwas the only way to get him off. In the Construction Campat the railhead, he obtained a horse, arms, some clothing,and started alone on that marvellous ride—four hundredmiles in six days, through a disturbed country, ending bythe feat of passing through the Monterist lines outside Cayta.The history of that ride, sir, would make a most excitingbook. He carried all our lives in his pocket. Devotion, courage,fidelity, intelligence were not enough. Of course, he wasperfectly fearless and incorruptible. But a man was wanted