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214 hatred on Casas in abuse and insinuation, and the latter being a high-spirited cavalier retorted in no measured terms. Such insolence was beyond endurance, but as it was conveyed by a relative of Cortés, whom Paz would most likely protect, the factor was obliged to nurse his wrath for the present. Casas thought it prudent, however, to leave for his estates in Oajaca.