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. No. I do not care for these spectacles. On the contrary, they disgust me. Good day.

. Good-by, papa.

. But where is Belisa?

. Belisa is in the next box.

. Oh! With the Remolinos?

. Yes, they invited us both, but, of course, we both preferred to come with you. So in order not to give offense, we had to draw lots, and I was the more fortunate.

. It is very kind of you to say so.

. We have plenty of time.

. Is that the reason you kept shouting at me, "Hurry up! Hurry up!"?

. What else could I do, my dear, with you trying on seven dresses and fourteen mantillas, without getting anywhere with any of them?

. The result is I look like a fright.

. You are too much for your papa and mamma. I cannot stand this any longer, now that Petronila has left. She will never do our hair for us again after the way you have treated her.

. I don't care if she doesn't, mamma. If you are going to talk all afternoon, I might as well sit with Josefina.

. This is too much. That a child should strike her parent such a blow!

. Esperanza, listen to me. No more of your nonsense! I forbid you to notice anybody in the next box. I intend to create a scandal in the plaza.

. A scandal? So that is what you brought me here for?