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. There! See him turn! Beautiful…

. ''Ay! Ay! Ay!''

. Holy Mother! What nerves!

. A hit! A hit! He threw in a pair! [Applause] Another! Another! I shall go out of my head.

. ''Ay! Ay! Ay!''

. It is coming out all right after all.

. Give the signal to kill.

. To kill? What a pity!

. Now for the speech. Aha, Don Baldomero! Your time has come. Now for the verdict of the people.

. I wonder what he is going to say. Something gallant, of course. Campos is so clever at making speeches… Everywhere he goes, it is the same…

. [Within] Your Excellency… liberal… beautiful… ladies… liberal also like yourself… And long live liberty!

. Bow, bow! And you bow! All bow!

. What a farce! This is intolerable! I will not submit to it.

. I wonder who is getting his now.

. But it is not for you? It is not for us?

. Ay, papa! It is for us!