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`` Above on the divide where I hope to find some of the Indian pinks for my new collection . '' `` When doest thou return , before sundown ? '' asked Madre Moreno as she prepared to go . `` Before that , surely , '' I answered , `` I shall be back here at the ruin by four o'clock , though I had no idea that the time had gone so fast , it is almost noon ; I must hurry or I shall have Catalina very hot waiting with a cold supper . By the way Madre , she sent her best respects to you and hopes that you will not bewitch any more of her poultry , for if you do , they will be a headless lot in a short time . '' Madre Moreno nodded knowingly , and closed one eye slyly as she answered , `` Thou art the cleverest señorito in these parts , but little as thou believest in my influence with el bueno Diablo , as the old women call him , I could disclose to thee many strange events which shall come after this day , and from this meeting thou shall date thy future . '' She started but turned and said , `` My son , I have learned to love thee , yet I have a duty beyond love ; say that thou believest that my sainted father was unjustly treated , and thy life shall be blessed . ''