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 ''gentlemen. They pass across the stage''] Your servant. Your Excellency.

. Delighted to see you.

. Was that the Governor?

. What a cultivated gentleman!

. Is he a good man?

. Excellent.

. Then he will not interfere with us.

. Don't say that. Tell me, is he liberal in his opinions?

. Liberal? In Moraleda it isn't worth one's while to be liberal. Imagine, every year on the eleventh of February the republicans unite to dine together in this café, and they always eat at two tables, because there are four of them, and they are divided into two parties.

. Gracious! What a place to come to! The minute you scent money, touch Paco for the advance.

. Scent money? How you talk!

. We have been shopping so long that we shall be too late for the sermon.

. Don't be silly, mamma. You know Josefina said there was no need to hurry. She promised to keep two good seats for us.

. [Bowing] Señora Doña O! Señorita Esperanza!

. Why, Don Rosendo! We just this moment left your shop.

. To what am I indebted for the honor? The shop is closed to-day.

. Another notion of my daughter's! She insists that if she is going to the bull-fight, she must have a mantilla with tassels on it.