“They blinked their eyes and looked across the room. Señor Zorro stood just inside the door, having entered from the veranda without their knowing it. He wore his long cloak and his mask, and in one hand he held his accursed pistol, and its muzzle was pointed at the table. “So these are the manner of men who pursue Señor Zorro and hope to take him!” he said. “Make not a move, else lead flies! Your weapons, I perceive, are in the corner. I could kill some of you and be gone before you could reach... them!” “’Tis he!’Tis he!” a tipsy caballero was crying. “Your noise may be heard a mile away, señores! What a posse to go pursuing a man! Is this the way you attend to duty? Why have you stopped to make merry while Señor Zorro rides the highway?” “Give me my blade and let me stand before him!” one cried. “If I allowed you to have your blade, you would be unable to stand!” the highwayman answered. “Think you there is one in this company who could fence with me now?”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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