Excerpt: ...Joaquin's house, Arrequi's, and a few in the Ancho, there is nothing much to see." "Now, of course, it can't amount to anything . but before." Maximina looked at him in surprise. "It was formerly not as good as now; the best houses were built about five or six years ago." "Before, it was worth infinitely more, because you were there." "Mercy what difference did it make whether I were there or not?" exclaimed Maximina, innocently. "Because here or there, or wherever you happened to be," replied the caballero, piqued by the young matron's ingenuous indifference, so absolutely free...

Extracto: ...Jerez; no hacia mas que un ano que estaban en Madrid establecidos; su papa ocupaba un alto empleo; tenia dos hermanitos y una hermanita. Acerca del caracter y costumbres de cada uno de ellos se extendio considerablemente; la hermanita era muy buena nina, amable y obediente; pero los chicos insufribles; todo el dia gritando, ensuciando la casa y peleandose. Su mama le habia dado jurisdiccion sobre ellos hasta para castigarles, pero no queria usar de ella porque tenia miedo de que le perdiesen el carino: que la mama se arreglara como pudiese. Despues hablo del papa, que era muy...

Extracto: ...se hallaba en la conversacion, sintio que unas manos chiquititas le sujetaban la cabeza por detras, y se la despeinaban con furia. Era Julia que habia entrado de puntillas sin ser notada.