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. Campos, the torero of the day. Ah!

. Who gets six thousand pesetas at every corrida?

. And the fellow doesn't even know how to talk!

. Really, you do him injustice. Campos is a very cultivated person; it is pleasure to listen to him. He can converse upon any topic—politics, for instance, music. It is the same thing as reading the papers. He is received by the best people.

. Would you believe it, at our boarding-house they wanted to make us pay in advance?

. Are you going to the fight?

. No, I detest the spectacle. They usually send me free tickets when I am in Madrid out of compliment, but I always get rid of them to some friend at a discount, and so save myself the trouble of going.

. [To ] Are you going, Don Rosendo?

. I may at the last moment. When you think how these toreros used to slink in at the station with their packs on their backs, and then look at these fellows… Did you see? Riding if you please in the coach of the Marquis of Solar! How are the bulls this year?

. A new herd in the plaza, belonging to the Marquis of Torrelodones. Campos insisted upon it, as he is a friend of the Marquis's daughter. She is in town to see the corrida. They are related to the Governor.

. Are they staying at the Palace? Now I remember they were in the shop yesterday to make some purchases with the Governor's wife. Clearly people of taste.

. Here comes the Governor.

. On his way to service at the cathedral. [ enters, surrounded by a group of dignified and elderly