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A Perpetual State of Siege. A Patriotic Son of Cuba. Political Condition of the Island. Education of Cuban Youths. Attempts at Revolution. Fate of General Narciso Lopez. The Late Civil War and its Leader. Terrible Slaughter of Spanish Troops. Stronghold of the Insurgents. Guerrillas. Want of Self-Reliance. Spanish Art, Literature, and Conquest. What Spain was. What Spain is.
Let me see your real name is Narciso " "Narciso Villar." "Well, then, I shall be Juan Villar, your brother. Henceforth we shall speak nothing but Spanish. Tell me now, what was our father's name, where was our home, and what are we doing together?" During the breathless interval before the shower the two sat with their heads together, talking earnestly.
The man is gone, he has disappeared, and all Matanzas is mystified. This is the hand that did it; yonder is the weapon, with that butcher's blood still on it. That knife will be preserved in the museum at Habana, along with my statue." Jacket spied his chief witness and called to him. "Tell these good people who killed Cobo. Was it Narciso Villar?" "It was," O'Reilly smiled. "The fellow is dead."
There were soldiers everywhere, but beyond an indifferent challenge at the outer blockhouse, a perfunctory question or two, Narciso and Juan Villar experienced no trouble whatever in passing the lines. Discipline, never strict at best, was extremely lax at the brick fortinas along the roads, and, since these two refugees were too poor to warrant search, they were waved onward by the sentries.
The only other opera performed was Narciso, by Domenico Scarlatti, which was even less successful than the others. Chrysander seems to suggest that Scarlatti came to London with the idea of being a rival to Handel, but it is much more likely that Handel himself persuaded the Academy to invite the friend of his youth. The season ended on June 25.
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