Wani yanki na littafin Ignacio Manuel Altamirano inda ya bayyana dan fashin da ya ba da taken aikinsa.
Ya kasance saurayi ne mai shekara talatin, dogo, mai jituwa sosai, tare da Herculean baya, kuma a zahiri an rufe shi da azurfa. Dokin da yake hawa ya kasance babban zobo, mai tsayi mai kyau, tsoka ne, tare da gamuwa mai ƙarfi, tare da ƙananan kofato, kafafu masu ƙarfi kamar dukkan dawakan dutse, da kyakkyawan wuya da kuma kai tsaye mai hankali. Shi ne abin da masu kiwon dabbobi ke kira "dokin faɗa."
Mahayin yana sanye da tufafi kamar 'yan fashi a lokacin, kuma kamar dawakanmu, mafi yawan karusai na yau. Yana sanye da jaket mai duhu mai zane da azurfa, breeches mai layi biyu na azurfa "escutcheons", an haɗa shi da sarƙoƙi da igiyoyin ƙarfe iri ɗaya; ya rufe kansa da hular ulu mai duhu, da fukafukai manya-manya, masu fadi, kuma wanda yake sama da kasa a sama da kasa da zaren zaren zinare mai kauri da aka yi ado da taurarin zinariya; Surroundedungiyar zagaye da sulɓaɓe an kewaye shi da shawl na azurfa sau biyu, wanda a kan sa hulunan azurfa biyu ya faɗi a kowane gefe, cikin siffar bijimai, ya ƙare da zoben zinare.
Ya sa, ban da gyale wanda ya rufe fuskarsa da shi, wata riga mai ulu a hisarya a saman kugunsa, kuma a kan bel ɗinsa bindigogin da ke ɗaure da hauren giwa, a cikin baƙaƙƙen fatar jikinsu ta fata masu ado da azurfa. A bel din an daure "canana", bel na fata mai launuka biyu a cikin nau'i na belin harsashi wanda aka cika da harsasai na bindiga, kuma a kan sirdin wata adda mai dauke da azkar azurfa a cikin kwalinta, an yi mata kwalliya da irin kayan.
Sirdin da yake hawa an saka shi da ado da azurfa, babban kan ya kasance na azurfa, kamar yadda tayal da keɓaɓɓu suke, kuma bakin dokin cike yake da kwalliya, taurari, da mutane masu ban sha'awa. A kan baƙar fata maraƙi, kyakkyawar gashin akuya, da rataye a kan sirdin, sun rataye ɗan kwali, a cikin kwalliyarta da aka saka, kuma a bayan tayal ana iya ganin babban kape na roba ɗaure. Kuma ko'ina, azurfa: a cikin kroidre a kan sirdi, a kan pommel, a kan murfin, a kan dutsen damisa wanda yake rataye daga kan sirdin, a kan spurs, komai. Wannan azurfa ne mai yawa, kuma ƙoƙari na tallata shi ko'ina ya bayyana. Ya kasance ba'a, ba'a, nuna dandano. Hasken wata ya sanya wannan duka rukunin ya haskaka kuma ya baiwa mahayin kamannin fatalwar baƙon da ke cikin wasu kayan sulke na azurfa; wani abu kamar bijimin zoben karba ko motley Holy Week centurion. ...
Wata ya kasance a ƙarshensa kuma ya kasance sha ɗaya da daddare. "Azurfar" ta janye bayan wannan jarrabawar cikin sauri, zuwa lanƙwasa wanda ya nufi gadon kogin kusa da gefen gefe mai cike da bishiyoyi, kuma a can, an ɓoye shi a cikin inuwa, kuma a bakin rairayin rairayin rairayi da yashi, ya sa ƙafa zuwa bakin teku. Ya kwance igiyar, ya saki linzamin daga kan dokin nasa, ya ɗauka ta lasso, ya bar shi ya ɗan je nesa don shan ruwa. Bayan bukatar dabbar ta biya, sai ya sake fuskantarta kuma ya hau ta da hankali a kanta, ya haye kogin ya shiga daya daga cikin kunkuntar da kuma inuwa madaidaiciya wadda ta kai ga banki kuma wacce aka kafa ta da shingen bishiyoyin lambuna.
Ya yi tafiya cikin sauri da tawali'u na 'yan mintoci kaɗan, har sai da ya isa shingen duwatsu na babban lambu mai kyan gani. Can sai ya tsaya a gindin wani babban sapote wanda rassa masu rassa suka rufe dukkan fadin titi kamar vault, kuma yana kokarin kutsawa da idanunsa cikin babbar inuwar da ta rufe farfajiyar, ya gamsu da kansa sau biyu a jere yana mai bayyana irin sautin roko :
-Psst ... psst ...! Ga wanda wani mai irin wannan yanayi ya amsa, daga shingen, wanda ba da daɗewa ba farar fata ta bayyana.
-Manuelita! -a ce cikin karamar murya "azurfa"
-My Zarco, ga ni! ya amsa muryar mace mai dadi.
Wannan mutumin shine Zarco, sanannen ɗan fashi wanda sunansa ya cika yankin duka da tsoro.
