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Then suddenly the rapid patter of the artist ceased, there were little whoops of subsiding mirth, Ursula and Gudrun were wiping their eyes, and the Professor was crying loudly. 'Das war ausgezeichnet, das war famos 'Wirklich famos, echoed his exhausted daughters, faintly. 'And we couldn't understand it, cried Ursula. 'Oh leider, leider! cried the Professor.
Spanish Johnny was the first Mexican who came to Moonstone. He was a painter and decorator, and had been working in Trinidad, when Ray Kennedy told him there was a "boom" on in Moonstone, and a good many new buildings were going up. A year after Johnny settled in Moonstone, his cousin, Famos Serrenos, came to work in the brickyard; then Serrenos' cousins came to help him.
When they had finished, Famos, the barytone, murmured something to Johnny; who replied, "Sure we can sing 'Trovatore. We have no alto, but all the girls can sing alto and make some noise." The women laughed. Mexican women of the poorer class do not sing like the men. Perhaps they are too indolent.
As Thea and the doctor approached the 'dobe houses, they heard a guitar, and a rich barytone voice that of Famos Serrenos singing "La Golandrina." All the Mexican houses had neat little yards, with tamarisk hedges and flowers, and walks bordered with shells or whitewashed stones. Johnny's house was dark. His wife, Mrs. Tellamantez, was sitting on the doorstep, combing her long, blue-black hair.
The men began hunting feverishly for cigarettes. Famos Serranos the barytone bricklayer, touched Johnny's arm, gave him a questioning look, then heaved a deep sigh. Johnny dropped on his elbow, wiping his face and neck and hands with his handkerchief. "SENORITA," he panted, "if you sing like that once in the City of Mexico, they just-a go crazy.
I saved it for you girls to open. But you must come out into the garden now, while the sun is there." Frieda had taken only a moderate interest in the house, but when they entered the tangled garden, German exclamations poured from her lips in a rapturous stream. "Himmlisch! Reizend! Famos! Ach, wie wunderhübsch! Was nennt man dies? Und dies?"
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