Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca But the high pageant would never be over for the four travelers. And as for reality, who is to say that the high road is less real than the low one? — Esteban I added a tool for reading Esteban that might be helpful if you want to think about this story . Many Lafferty readers know about the existence of Esteban . Lafferty mentioned it. Readers wanted it and didn’t get it. Diehards also know the short story connected to the novel, “Tongues of the M