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. Oh! We can fix you up.

. The service is over. In a moment the promenade will begin and we shall have music. Is this your first visit to Moraleda?

. My first, yes. I find the place interesting, historically.

. I was here once before with Rafael at another corrida.

. You devote yourself to the fashionable matador.

. Well, one has got to go somewhere.

. Did you expect us to stand and wait for the rest of the afternoon?

. You gave us a terrible fright.

. But, my dears, didn't I tell you that His Reverence had sent for me to come to the sacristy? He wished to consult me about a matter of grave importance—the restoration of the tomb of the Giráldez family.

. And all the while we were running about the altar, without being able to locate you anywhere!

. Afraid that something had happened to you.

. Without daring to go home in such a crowd for fear of what people would think.

. Why, what would people think?

. Don't deceive yourself. The very last thing they would think would be that we were looking for you.

. You gave us such a shock!

. My nerves are all on edge.

. Thank heaven! I caught myself… I can control myself now, but in a week the reaction will be terrible!

. But, my dears, it was nothing. You are un-