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"Has the doctor been in?" the shaven, little man with the black braid asked in his turn. "No." "All right. Let's go see if we can find him in the club. Salutations!" "Good-bye." "Who are those rascals?" asked Alzugaray, when they had gone out.
The two friends' return trip to Madrid was scarcely agreeable. Alzugaray was offended at Caesar's personal success with Amparito; Caesar understood his comrade's mental attitude and didn't know what to say or do. To them both the journey seemed long and unpleasant, and when they reached their destination, they were glad to separate.
That is why I came here now and then to talk to these people; not because these are good, no; the first and the last of them are riff-raff, but at least they say what they mean and they blaspheme naively." "What are you going to do after lunch?" Alzugaray asked him. "Have you got a sweetheart in one of the old-clothes shops of the quarter?" "No. I was thinking of taking a walk; that's all."
"Yes." "Ha... ha... ha...!" laughed Alzugaray. "What are you laughing at?" asked Caesar, smiling. "At your having arranged a reception and brought me along for a witness." "No, man, no," said Caesar; "I have arranged nothing. The workmen of the Club will come down out of gratitude." "Ah, that's it! Then there will be only a few."
It would be an advantage if he had stronger beasts, instead of these dying ones." The other travellers paid no attention to his observation, and Alzugaray said: "These drivers drip oratory."
"But this is impossible," Alzugaray used to say. "Excuse me for saying so, but I don't believe you. You have some secret, and that is what helps you." "How fantastic you all are!" Caesar would exclaim; "you refuse to believe in the rational, and still you believe in the miraculous." "No, I do not believe in the miraculous; but I cannot explain your methods." "That's clear!
"Man, man!" exclaimed the judge; "how does it strike you, Don Calixto? That these little girls know the human heart pretty well?" "These children do not know how to appreciate our merits," said Don Calixto. "Oh, yes; your merits are for your wives," replied Amparito. "I must inform you that my friend Caesar is married, too," said Alzugaray, laughing.
He had the appearance of a superior workman, an electrician, carver, or something of the sort. "If people find out you behave so extravagantly, they will think you are crazy," said Alzugaray. "Pshaw! Nobody comes here," replied Caesar. "The political world and this are separate worlds.
"I don't understand what is the matter with the girl, for her to show such antipathy for me," Caesar concluded. "It is very simple," said Alzugaray, sadly; "the girl is interested in you. The eternal game of disdain has produced its effect.
He stared impertinently at Alzugaray, cast a glance at a newspaper, and set to shouting and talking ill of everything. "This is a town full of dumb beasts," he said from time to time, with the energy of exasperation. Then, supposing Alzugaray to come from Madrid, he started to speak ill of the Madrilenos. "They are a collection of fools," he said roundly, various times.
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