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What do you mean by the Estadea? Guide. What do I mean by the Estadea? My master asks me what I mean by the Estadinha. I have met the Estadinha but once, and it was upon a moor something like this.
Arrival at Padron Projected Enterprise The Alquilador Breach of Promise An Odd Companion A Plain Story Rugged Paths The Desertion The Pony A Dialogue Unpleasant Situation The Estadea- -Benighted The Hut The Traveller's Pillow. I arrived at Padron late in the evening, on my return from Pontevedra and Vigo.
I was in company with several women, and a thick haze came on, and suddenly a thousand lights shone above our heads in the haze, and there was a wild cry, and the women fell to the ground screaming Estadea! Estadea! and I myself fell to the ground crying out Estadinha! The Estadea are the spirits of the dead which ride upon the haze, bearing candles in their hands.
Whilst our supper was cooking, a long conversation ensued between my guide and the family, but as it was carried on in Gallegan, I tried in vain to understand it. I believe, however, that it principally related to witches and witchcraft, as the Estadea was frequently mentioned.
"Knock at the door of one of these," said I to the guide, "and inquire of the people whether they can shelter us for the night." He did so, and a man presently made his appearance, bearing in his hand a lighted firebrand. "Can you shelter a Cavalheiro from the night and the Estadea?" said my guide.
"Do you think we shall reach Corcuvion to- night?" said I to the guide, as we emerged from this valley to a savage moor, which appeared of almost boundless extent. Guide. I do not, I do not. We shall in no manner reach Corcuvion to-night, and I by no means like the appearance of this moor. The sun is rapidly sinking, and then, if there come on a haze, we shall meet the Estadea. Myself.
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