And so it happened that now, as the stage swung round a corner, and a horseman suddenly appeared at a point where two roads converged, and was evidently spurring his horse with the intent of coming up with the stage, it was only natural that, even before he was near enough to be identified, the Caballero should already have become a part of the pageant of her mental picture.
"The Girl of the Golden West"
David Belasco
This meeting with the handsome Caballero was the nearest she had come to having one.
"The Girl of the Golden West"
David Belasco
Even before she was able to get a glimpse of his face it did not fail to tell her that the handsome Caballero, with whom she had ridden on that never-to-be-forgotten day on the Monterey road, was standing before her.
"The Girl of the Golden West"
David Belasco