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"I don't understand," said Alzugaray. "Imagine a man on a stairway; if you oblige him to go down one step every so often, in order to keep in the same place as before he will necessarily have to go up again, because if he didn't do so, he would be constantly approaching the front door." "Yes, surely."
Thus, it is very possible that the men of the Italian Renaissance or the French Revolution were mentally distinct from their predecessors and their successors, and they may even have been organically distinct." "But this overthrows the whole doctrine of evolution," said Alzugaray. "No.
"I am leaving her with her millions and going away to Spain." During the night Caesar Moncada and Alzugaray chatted in the train. Alzugaray was praising this first Quixotic sally of his friend's. "We are going to cross the Rubicon, Caesar," he said, as he got into the train. "We shall see."
"To the Espana!" "Whose coach is this one?" asked Caesar, pointing to the less dirty of the two. "The Comercio's." "All right, then we are going to the Comercio." The coach, in spite of being the better of the two, was a rickety, worn-out old omnibus, with its windows broken and spotted. It was drawn by three skinny mules, full of galls. Caesar and Alzugaray got in and waited.
Their operations were made in the name of Alzugaray, whose job it was to go every month to see the broker, and to sign and collect the certificates. Caesar gave his orders by telephone, and Alzugaray communicated them to the broker. Alzugaray often went to see Caesar and said to him: "The broker came to my house terrified, to tell me that what we are going to do is an absurdity."
The dining-room had balconies toward the country, and was full of sun; the bedrooms they were taken to, on the other hand, were dark, gloomy, and cavernous. Alzugaray requested the old woman to show them the other vacant chambers, and chose two on the second floor, which were lighter and airier. The old woman told them she hadn't wanted to take them there, because there was no paper on the walls.
"My dear man, I have never taken any part in political affairs." "Well, I think that everybody ought to take part in politics, because it is for the general interest." At this moment two persons entered the bookshop. Alzugaray was going to leave, but the bookseller said to him: "If you have nothing to do, sit down for a while." Alzugaray sat down and examined the new arrivals.
There Caesar took leave of all his acquaintances and got into a carriage with Alzugaray, while hurrahs and applauses resounded. "Eh? What did you think of the reception?" asked Caesar. "Magnificent, my boy!" "You can't say I behaved like a demagogue." "On the contrary, you were too distant." "They know I am like that and it doesn't astonish them."
Don Platon Peribanez's reply was delayed longer than he had promised. No one knew whether the Duke of Castro Duro would get married or not get married, whether he would come out of prison or stay in. Caesar had nothing for it but to wait, although he was already fed up with his stay. Alzugaray had a good time; he visited the surrounding towns in the company of Amparito and her father.
Caesar was thinking over the details of the visit, when Alzugaray came home, and seeing a light in Caesar's room, went in there. Alzugaray was quite lively. The two friends passed the persons met that day in ironic review, and in general they were agreed about everything, except about valuing Amparito's character.
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