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Updated: June 1, 2025
Before the shepherd had been long gone I heard a great noise in the house, like banging on doors and on copper vessels, but took no notice, supposing it to proceed from Cleta engaged in some unusually noisy domestic operation. At length I heard a voice calling to me, "Senor! Senor!" Getting up, I went to the kitchen, but no person was there.
"You speak of Dona Petrona's side-saddle, Antonio?" said the little wife. "She would sell it for what it cost perhaps for eight dollars. Ah, pumpkin-head, why did you not think to make all that profit? Then I could have bought slippers and a thousand things." "You are never satisfied, Cleta," he returned. "Have you not got slippers to your feet?"
Thus, when I told her the story of my sojourn at the estancia Peralta, I said nothing to betray Demetria's confidence; nor did I think it necessary to mention the episode of that wicked little sprite, Cleta; with the result that she was pleased at the chivalrous conduct I had displayed throughout the whole of that affair, and was ready to take Demetria to her heart.
"Now, Cleta," I said, "take three mouthfuls of fresh air and a drink of water, then let me lock you in again." She laughed mockingly, and shook her hair like a wild young colt. "Ah, you are not serious do you not think I know?" she cried. "Your eyes tell me everything. Besides, you could not shut me up again if you tried."
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