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224 already on their way, and he expected to find a large force at San Luis Potosí.

As he rolled along in his coach for about 380 miles, drawn by relays of fleet mules, the General probably congratulated himself upon his policy. He was on living terms with the radicals, had been accepted by the Church, had soothed the army, and through Pedraza — recently his enemy and still the enemy of Farías — had reached an understanding with the Moderados Unquestionably he stood much better with the public than a month before; and he probably did not perceive that his recent course had ensured for himself and the nation a series of most unpalatable surprises.

Through it all, however, the capital managed easily to he gay, and six "arrogant bulls" were artistically sacrificed in the Plaza de Toros on one of these anxious days.