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Do you get that clearly ? '' '' _ Si , señor _ , '' the other replied , unconsciously lapsing into his native tongue . '' _ Muy bueno _ -- and bear it in mind . Now I advise you to get to work on the documents you 've allowed to accumulate ; it 's half-past two and you 've had enough of a siesta for one noon . '' With which Bryant took his departure . Outside he led his horse across the street to the frame store . Beside the latter stood Menocal 's house , with its smooth green lawn and its beds of poppies , its trees , its fence massed with sweet peas , and its vine-covered veranda , where the engineer had a glimpse of a corpulent figure in a hammock .