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. Of the first class! Of the first class! Come! Come! We must celebrate. Some wine!

. Bring wine!

. [Entering the box] We must celebrate with you. We are all one now; there are no divisions among us any more. [All laugh] What a bevy of beautiful ladies! And here's to you!

. The ring is clear. Campos is after the bull.

. The bull! The bull!

. A fine pass.

. Did you see him turn? What a feint! Again! Again! I shall go out of my head!

. Now he'll show us.

. The critical moment.

. ''Ay! Ay! Ay!''

. Hurrah! Hurrah! Dead without a struggle! Bravo! Bravo!

. How was that? How was that? [''Applause. Voices: "What's the matter with you?" "Hi, there!" "Wake up!"''] What is the matter? What are you waiting for? Stand up!

. I? Stand up? Ah! What an afternoon! What a festival! A people that within half an hour hisses me, applauds me, shouts vivas in the name of liberty, acclaims a bull-fighter, cheers the ladies, then falls to hissing and then to applaud again—oh! how is such a people to be governed by mere man?

. Nothing could be easier. Like ladies and toreros, the people cannot be governed; they must be entertained.

. Don Santiago! The second bull!

. Great heaven! It may spoil everything. Ah, Manolo, in my emotion I forgot to thank you! Whatever