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 won't let us play "Oscurantismo"; it's the only show we have that has a chance.

. "Obscurantismo"; there is a b between the o and the s.

. O, be… s!

. Yes, with emphasis on the s. Correct! And you are to play the part of Lucinda, the personification of wisdom. I suppose you understand that the play is wholly symbolic? Have you prepared yourself for your part? You don't even know what you are going to wear.

. With our trunks held for board in Madrid?

. Never mind our trunks. Don Paco has promised me money from the advance. Then we can send to Madrid and there are our clothes.

. Yes, advance! Somehow or other, I have an idea that we are going to be run out of this place without any advance.

. Run without any advance? Impossible!

. They say this town is very puritanical—that is proper, I suppose. They'll never let us play "Obscurantismo."

. Correct this time.

. If they do, nobody will come to see us.

. Pshaw! There is a strong liberal element.

. It will get a chill the first night and after that it won't be heard from. Besides, if the women don't come, the men won't. Then what will become of the audience?

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. The papers all score us. They call us actresses Messalinas.