Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Image Attribution: Grete Stern (1904-1999) (Public domain)

The criminal, closely pursued by the soldiers, wove on horseback a long and devious labyrinth by his comings and goings; nevertheless, on the night of July 12, the soldiers cornered him. He had taken refuge in a field of tall grass. The darkness was almost indecipherable. Cruz and his men, wary and on foot, advanced toward the brush in whose tremulous depths the secret man was lurking or sleeping.

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