Verne Jules. The Pearl of Lima: A Story of True Love
CHAPTER I. THE PLAZA-MAYOR
CHAPTER II. EVENING IN THE STREETS OF LIMA
CHAPTER III. THE JEW EVERY WHERE A JEW
CHAPTER IV. A SPANISH GRANDEE
CHAPTER V. THE HATRED OF THE INDIANS
CHAPTER VI. THE BETROTHAL
CHAPTER VII. ALL INTERESTS AT STAKE
CHAPTER VIII. CONQUERORS AND CONQUERED
CHAPTER IX. THE CATARACTS OF THE MADEIRA
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Night had succeeded, almost without intervening twilight, the glare of day. The two women quickened their pace, for it was late; the young girl, still under the influence of strong emotion, maintained silence, while the duenna murmured some mysterious paternosters – they walked rapidly through one of the sloping streets leading from the Plaza-Mayor.
This place is situated more than four hundred feet above the level of the sea, and about a hundred and fifty rods from the bridge thrown over the river Rimac, which forms the diameter of the city of Lima, arranged in a semicircle.
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"The schooner Annonciation has appeared in sight from Callao, tacked for a few moments, then, protected by the point, rapidly disappeared. She will undoubtedly approach the land near the mouth of the Rimac, and our bark canoes must be there to relieve her of her merchandise. We shall need your presence."
"You are losing time by your observations. Martin Paz knows his duty and he will do it."
