Especially Bombito.
Unless, she pointed out, there was a certain amount of carnage,
looting, and so on, the revolution would not achieve a popular success.
True, the beloved Alejandro might be restored; but he would sit upon a
throne that was insecure, unless the coronation festivities took a
bloodthirsty turn. By all means, said Maraquita, corrupt the army, but
not at the risk of making the affair tame and unpopular. Paranoya was
an emotional country, and liked its revolutions with a bit of zip to
them.
It was about ten days after he had definitely cast in his lot with the
revolutionary party that Roland was made aware that these things were a
little more complex than he had imagined. He had reconciled himself to
the financial outlay. It had been difficult, but he had done it. That
his person as well as his purse would be placed in peril he had not
foreseen.
The fact was borne in upon him at the end of the second week by the
arrival of the deputation.
It blew in from the street just as he was enjoying his after-dinner
cigar.
It consisted of three men, one long and suave, the other two short,
stout, and silent.
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