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Who knows but that there you may find an answer to your questions ? '' The schoolmaster shook his head in doubt as he answered : `` You 'll see how the plan of which they talked to me meets the same fate as mine has . But yet , let us see ! '' The Meeting in the Town Hall The hall was about twelve to fifteen meters long by eight to ten wide . Its whitewashed walls were covered with drawings in charcoal , more or less ugly and obscene , with inscriptions to complete their meanings . Stacked neatly against the wall in one corner were to be seen about a dozen old flint-locks among rusty swords and talibons , the armament of the cuadrilleros . -LSB- 66 -RSB- At one end of the hall there hung , half hidden by soiled red curtains , a picture of his Majesty , the King of Spain .