human
exclaims the gaucho, as he sits in his saddle, contemplating the transformation, to him no mystery.
gpt
I thought it would be so.
human
How very strange!
gpt
Not at all strange, _senorito_; but just as it should be, and as we might have expected.
human
But what has caused it?
gpt
Oh, cousin, answered Cypriano, who now comprehends all.
human
Can't you see? I do.
gpt
See what?
human
Why, that the dust has settled down over the plain; and the rain coming after, has converted it into mud.
gpt
Quite right, Senor Cypriano, interposes Gaspar;
human
Is it some new danger, Gaspar?
gpt
Not exactly a danger, but almost as bad; a likelihood of our being again delayed.
human
But how?
gpt
We'll no longer have track or trace to guide us, if this abominable sludge extend to the river; as I daresay it does. There we'll find the trail blind as an owl at noontide. As you see, the thing's nearly an inch thick all over the ground. 'Twould smother up the wheel-ruts of a loaded _carreta_.