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 me, there came the inevitable movement of the forefinger before the nose as he faintly replied, "Porque tan fuertes son las costumbres Americanos que me molestan y cargan mucho y tan pesadas que no puedo vivir bajo de ellos" ("Your American customs are too troublesome and too heavy a load for me to carry; I can't live under them").

The last that I heard from Cosme was one of the invariable parting salutations, "Hasta Iuego" ("I'll see you again"), followed by the invocation. "Queda con Dios! no puedo estar mas" ("May God be with you! for I can't stay any longer").