Friday, April 25, 2014

Opening paragraphs.................

They heard him before they saw him:  the sound of hooves striking the earth, steady as a heartbeat, urgent as a revolution.  When he emerged from the sun-dappled forest, they could barely make out the figure on the magnificent horse.  He was small, thin.  A black cape fluttering about his shoulders.
-Marie Arana,  Bolivar:  American Liberator

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