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. [To ] Are they there yet? Listen…

. Yes. I hear Don Baldomero.

. And I hear his wife. They may drive my husband back to Madrid, but before they do, I promise you that they will hear from me. Oh, they will hear from me!

. How lovely you are when you are angry! How lovely you always are!

. And you are like the people—too forward. I shall have to suspend the constitutional guarantees.

. Sit down by me, Belisa. [To ] You sit on this side.

. I warn you, I shall scream the whole afternoon. Only think! The bull may catch a man!

. It must seem incredible—I mean, he may, he may.

. It is time to begin. We had better pass in. The ladies on this side…

. Yes, as far from Your Excellency as possible. Otherwise it might deprive the public of the freedom to protest.

. Do you think so? Perhaps we had best all sit together…

. Come, Carmen! Come, Jimena!

. This is not a box, Reguera—it is a garden of flowers.

. Thank you! Thank you so much!

. Are you in costume, Polito? Do you expect to qualify in the corrida?

. Remain by me, gentlemen. You understand these things better than I do. I never presided over anything in my life except the Provincial Deputation.