"I always find you in trouble" "Saturno isn't a bad lad; a bit wild, but clever." "Things happen to him" "He's just like my late husband, who's in hell for all I care" "This lady is Don Lope's ward" "She's not been out for two weeks;" "I've brought her for a change of air" "Excuse me" "My mother, a few days ago" "Your son has reached school-leaving age" "It's time he earned a living" "He's a willing lad, but he's always daydreaming" "Still, he could be a good workman when he's older" "My master, Don Lope, has found him a job" "Don Lope he's one of the few gentlemen left" " Where's my beauty going?" " To look for a sweetheart" " Well, you've found one" " So old?" "Not so old; the devil's been dead longer than I've been alive" "Are you keeping all this?" "As you wish" "There's enough lumber in my house already, without this" "Sell this stuff to a dealer, except for the usable things" "And none of your haggling;" "take what he offers" "If there's anything of sentimental value..." "This crucifix; mother died with it in her hands" "Very well, but keep it in your room" "I'll rid you of such superstition in time" "Maybe you want to keep something else" " Don't forget the piano" " We sold the piano months ago" "I've still got my music." "Perhaps one day..." "Your mother was very good, but not so very intelligent" "You never enjoyed your father's wealth he lost it all when you were very young" "Leave that pot." "I told you I didn't want to take trifling things" "This pot will be very useful;" "you know nothing about cooking" "Get ready, Tristana." "We're going to leave now" "Why must I return to you so soon, sir?" "Tristana wanted me to stay here" "I can't keep up two houses and you can't live alone" "Your dying mother confided you to me" "Your best place is with me;" "no one would dare offend you then" " Did you see a boy running?" " With a purse?" "He went that way" " Why did you misdirect them?" " The police represent force" "Men like me defend the weak in any circumstance, whoever they are" "Don't forget, Tristana, don't forget" "How charming, how elegant" "She was the wife of a marquis, but she got mixed up with Don Lope..." "He challenged the marquis to a duel;" "it even got into the papers" "There's no better gentleman, but once Don Lope lays eyes on a skirt..." "Get up, Tristana" "You're not here as a servant, that's Saturna's job; you're her mistress" "I'm exhausted;" "I've walked so far today" " Shall I fetch your slippers?" " Thank you, you're an angel" "I'm sorry you're shut up in the house like this" "I can hardly take you to the café with me" "If you'd like to go to the theatre you must say so" "Shall I tell you something?" "You're very adorable." "I only want you to love me like a father" "You are very kind" "Visitors!" "I'd forgotten all about them" " Will you receive them in slippers?" " It doesn't matter; they're friends" "We can't stay long" " When is the encounter?" " Tomorrow" " At what time?" " Seven" " Where?" " In the grove" " Who will go with me?" " They'll call for you" " What weapons?" " Swords" "What are the terms?" "Both sides agree that first blood shall decide the victor" "Are you serious?" "First blood?" "Do you expect me to preside over such a farce?" "I don't enjoy circuses, and honour is not satisfied with a scratch" "Away with those jackasses and their scruples!" "Gentlemen, don't involve me again in such worthless questions of honour" "Come in, señorita, I know you;" "Saturno's mother is your servant" " What a nice smell!" " Fried bread; would you like some?" "Yes, please, I've always liked that" "I'm afraid it's only a poor man's meal" "Perhaps you'd like a fried egg, too?" "No, thank you, I'm expected home for lunch" "As Saturno is your son's friend I came with them to hear you ring the bells" "They won't even hear the canon of 42 bells" "How lucky you are to have such a lovely view" "You must feel very important up here, as though you ruled the world" "I'm used to the view;" "I take no notice" "We used to be important, but nowadays we're no more important than a cat" "Why aren't you important now?" "There used to be a lot of religion about and people respected the bells" "There was the passing bell, the fire bell the call to Mass, the chimes of great devotion and people listened, and went to visit the dying, bury the dead or take up their blunderbusses when they heard the alarm" "Times have changed; now everyone's in a hurry to make money" "They even complain that the bell for Mass wakes them up" " Some more, señorita?" " With pleasure" "This is the way bell-ringers fry their bread, señorita" "I had a horrible dream!" "It was frightful!" "The bell..." "She had a bad dream, poor thing" "Make one of your tisanes for her" "It's all over now." "You screamed as if you'd seen the devil" "When you were little you screamed just like that when you saw me" "It's all gone now." "Go to bed" "Dreams are good things, even if they can be frightening" "The dead don't dream" "Why so silent?" "Carry on running me down" "No one would dare to, Don Lope" "Why not?" "We dare to talk about you when you're not here" "And we tear you apart, so I don't see why you should spare me" "You seem to feel it would be disrespectful not to discuss you" "Frankly, we're running out of subjects;" "we'd discussed everything but you" "We were commenting on the rumour that you are abandoning affairs of honour" "Is it true?" "It's true, Comandante." "Men are not what they were in my day... our day" "Past and present share only one taste:" "A liking for pretty women" "I agree, although there's so much effeminacy today" "It's always intrigued me how you can be so strict in matters of honour yet so liberal when it comes to matters of the heart" "That's a very apt question, gentlemen" "In matters of love and women I don't admit the existence of sin" " lf only that were true!" " What about the Ten Commandments?" "I respect them all, except those which refer to our sex" "I'm sure that, for political reasons, Moses added them to the divine ones" "So you maintain that when we catch a girl..." "All I can say is, if she consents, and it's up to us to make her consent the encounter should be unqualified pleasure but with two clear exceptions:" "The wife of a friend and that flower of perfect innocence, so rare these days" "Saturno!" "Be off with you, scoundrel!" "Why shout, if he can't hear?" "He's been in there an hour." "Enough of this locking himself in" "Open up, or I'll kill you!" " Don't beat him" " I know what to do with him" "Your uncle will be home soon, tired and ready for bed" "What are you doing here?" "Serve supper" "The original sin of the first Spanish republic was to attempt to cure the Establishment gangrene with speeches" "What nonsense!" "Boiled egg!" "Always the same thing!" " Haven't you got one?" " I'm not hungry" "The truth is there's only one and we gave it to you" "You eat it." "Do as I say" " Why don't you buy more food?" " How?" "You won't let me buy on credit" "Our income doesn't last out the month;" "we'll have to do something" "Like it or not, we're the slaves of filthy money, child and it's still filthy even if we give it to the needy ...whoever they may be" "If I may say so, sir, all that about whoever they may be..." "This is horrible!" "When you've neither money nor appetite you take a black view of everything" "What's the matter with her?" "Probably she's remembering her mother, or she needs to get out a bit" " Doesn't she go to church?" " What kind of fun is that?" "You should let me take her for walks in the sun sometimes" "An honest woman breaks her leg at home!" "You disagree?" "You're always wearing the same clothes;" "haven't you any others?" "This can't go on; you look a fright" "From tomorrow you'll end your mourning." "I'll see you have new clothes" "This mourning is a primitive custom, like painting one's body" "Some of this stuff isn't worth anything nowadays but there are some fine pieces, although they're difficult to sell" " How much?" " 2,000 pesetas" "You say it's genuine; no signature, but it seems to be well authenticated" "I'd only offer 3,000 pesetas to anyone else, but..." "I don't accept favours." "Give me 5,000 pesetas" "But the sum I had in mind..." "Don't try to make your sum fit the merchandise." "My price is 5,000" "Allow me a few moments to make an inventory" "You could have got much more;" "it's criminal to sell at that price" "I detest haggling" "Don't be like that, sir" "Go to your saucepans" "If I'd known before, I might have..." "From this pettifogging pedlar to big industrialists they're all alike:" "Bloodsuckers" "Let's see what the bandit's doing" "Look at them; don't you sense that cloying conjugal bliss?" "I don't understand" "Note his bovine air of resignation;" "how bored they are" "Farewell to love!" "Never marry, Tristana" "Can't one be free and honest?" "Exactly!" "Passion must be free;" "it's the law of nature" "No chains, no signatures, no blessings" "Which of those columns do you like best?" "Now I don't understand" " Which do you prefer?" " They're all the same" "No two columns are alike; there's always a difference" "I can always choose between two grapes, two rolls, two snowflakes" "I always prefer one to the other" "I like this one best" "Take it home, then." "Let's change the subject" "Why do that?" "I was thinking that you need new slippers" "What a time to think of slippers" "I'm never sure whether you like me or not" "Sometimes I feel that I disgust you slightly" "Disgust me?" "On the contrary" "You don't think I'm unpleasant?" "So you might even care for me a little?" "Give me a kiss" "No, not like that" " Weren't you going to your mother's?" " Yes, sir, I'm just going" "Hurry up" " Nothing else, sir?" " No; the later you get back the better" " Have you finished?" " Not quite" "Leave it" "What if she comes back?" "She'll be out till supper time;" "anyway, it's time she got used to it" "What are you doing here, dog?" "Where have you come from?" "I've told you time and again to keep out of trouble" "Go and say hello, then be off" "Saturno's come to see you, sir" "How are you, you rogue?" "Sit over there" "I'm determined to go out tomorrow" "I don't think you'll be well enough" "I don't like being inactive, or your seeing me in this ridiculous state" "You must be ill sometimes, especially at your age" "What's age to do with it?" "A young man would be twice as weak with such a cold" "Leave the blanket alone, I can do it" "Stop fussing!" "Leave me alone!" "As you wish!" "As I wish and as you wish." "I'm not trying to impose my will on you" "We're both free; that's why we're both happy" "If you were tired of me now you could go and I wouldn't say a word" " You'd run out of the house after me" " Maybe" "The bed is warm now" "The limitations on your freedom must be placed by you with due regard for my honour and affection for you" "How can I fail to adore you, daughter?" "Shall I serve the food now?" "Yes, go and eat" "I'll serve the soup at once, sir" "It's very nourishing, señorita" "It's nice to see how fond of you he is" " I wish he were less fond" " Poor thing" "Saturno." "Are you still here?" "How's your job?" "Do you get many beatings?" "Poor workers, beaten as well as cuckolded." "Work is a curse, Saturno" "Down with work that has to be done for a living" "Such work is not the honour they say it only serves to fatten the swinish exploiters" "On the other hand, work that is done for love ennobles a man" "If only everyone could work like that" "Look at me;" "I won't work, even if they threaten to hang me" "I live badly, but I live without working" "It's a good thing he can't hear such bad advice" "Watch out for beatings; they're pretty common in these parts" " Which way today?" " I don't care" "When Don Lope finds out..." "Let him!" "I've had as much as I can bear" "I'll get into trouble for going out with you" "He gets older and more ridiculous every day" "I dreamt of the bell again last night" "Don Lope's head as a bell-clapper" "If only I could run away and never see him again" "Look at these two streets; which one do you like best?" "I don't know" "I prefer the one on the right" "I think I'd have preferred the other one" "The dog's got rabies!" "It's bitten a child!" "Let's go and look" "I don't like dogs much;" "rabid ones even less" "There's a rabid dog in the street, that's why..." "Make yourself at home" " Are you a Catalan?" " Yes, I'm from Barcelona" "That one won't bite again" "It wasn't easy to shoot him;" "I was afraid the bullet would ricochet" "I'll simply paint your portrait, it won't take long" "Don't forget" "What will you think of me?" "I said yes to everything he said" "He must have taken me for an idiot, and he'd be right" "I told him he could see me whenever he liked;" "I was all confused" "Don't be cross with me." "If I think it's all right, I shan't regret it" "I'm sure he understands me" "Don't you hear me?" "Press this tie for me" "Why are you making up this bed?" "The señorita said she wanted to sleep here, alone" " Alone?" "Why?" " I don't know, sir" "We're going for a walk" " Together?" " With whom better?" "It's more decent for you to go out with me than alone" " Why?" " Get ready" "Why are people thought crazy if they shout for joy?" "You're up to something with all those outings of yours" "I bet you've been picked up by some Romeo" "I'm only answerable to my conscience, aren't I?" "I'm following your advice" "If I catch you in any deception I'll kill you" "I'd rather have a tragedy than be made a fool of in my old age" "You can't keep secrets from me;" "I'm too experienced in such matters!" "People will hear" "Don't forget I've still got two duties towards you" "I'm your father and your husband, as it suits me" "You pest!" "I need 10,000 pesetas." "Lend them to me and I give my word..." "I don't give alms to heretics" "Keep your money, you old bigot!" "What a punishment God has inflicted on me with such a brother!" "Fortunately you were bequeathed the inheritance" "Only while I live." "The law was made for men, my daughter" "I sent for you because I want you to take your son away" "Sir, don't forget the poor lad's misfortune" "He could respect discipline, even if he is deaf" " Where is he now?" " In the yard, as usual" "He's been over an hour in there" "Aren't you ashamed?" "Everyone working, and you in there..." "I'll put you to work with your uncle in the quarry." "Then you'll see!" "Forgive me, and thanks for everything" "I'm going to see him." "Go back home" "Don Lope took a siesta." "Suppose he wakes up before you return?" "Tell him you left me in the street" "Stay if you like, but shut up!" "I thought you weren't coming" "I've got a lot to do;" "I can't stay long today" "You'll go when I say;" "I want to finish your portrait" "But he didn't go out today" "I've prepared coffee and snacks" "Why are you scared of your guardian?" "Introduce me to him" "I don't want anything." "I can't stay" "You haven't answered me." "Why don't you introduce me?" "He's not my guardian;" "I lied to you" "He's my husband, so much the worse for me" "I'm not married to my husband, my guardian, that man" "I'll tell you everything, but I don't know how to" "I know I'm disgraced, but I'm free to love you" "What do you think?" "Can you forgive me?" "Do you prefer me as an unfaithful wife, or a free person?" "Do you love me more, or less?" "I've only deceived him." "He has no right over me, understand?" "My freedom is well deserved" "Sometimes I hate him for the evil he's done me" "At other times, I confess, I feel affection for him like a daughter - if only he had loved me like a father" "He has his good side..." "I'm so ashamed..." "He changes face like he changes shirts..." "especially where women are concerned" "I've begun to hate him intensely since I've known you because you've respected me, believed in my innocence" "Loathsome old man!" "How could you do that with him?" "When he took me in I was very young and innocent" "You can imagine the rest" "Get out" "Where do you come from alone so late?" "It isn't late, and I wasn't alone" "How pretty you look." "Have you been running?" "Very well, my daughter." "I'll get dressed" "Please clean my hatband;" "I must make an important call this evening" "You're lucky." "He didn't tell you off" "He'd have liked to, but he didn't dare" "He doesn't like me to see him like that, like a cock with no plumage" "Don't let him brood on his anger, poor old man" "If he treated me as a daughter, wouldn't I love him?" "Especially now I'm so happy" "We'll have this out later." "I want to know why you come and go as you please" "You're lucky I'm in a hurry now" "My slippers are in the bathroom;" "take them to my room" "The more he's dressed, the bolder he is." "He's moulting; how disgusting!" "What if he asks me for them?" "Tell him to buy new ones or go barefoot." "I don't care" "I want you to leave with me" "What shall I do?" "I came here for a month, and look how long I've stayed" "Leave that house and come with me" "It's not so easy as you think;" "give me a little more time" "Everything must be settled by tomorrow" "Be patient with me" "I'm not such a slave as I was" "I'd like to work." "I wasn't a bad pianist" "If I practised and went to classes, and you worked in your studio..." "Imagine how it could be" "I'm not well educated, but I think I'm capable of great things" "I'm no good at small things" "That sort of thing should be done indoors" "What do you mean?" "Can't you see there are ladies present?" "What's the matter?" "You can't fool me!" "You can explain yourself to the police" "They'll teach you decent behaviour" "Don't involve me in trouble." "Let's go" "She gets back later every day" "You know where this will lead, don't you, woman?" "You must know something about this going out, this defiance" "I'm not asking out of unhealthy curiosity it's just that she's still too young to look after herself" "If you're so fond of her you should help me sort out the trouble" "I don't know anything, sir." "Better ask her yourself" "The master wants to see you" "Sit down." "I want to talk to you" "I'm an old dog, and I know that when a young one goes out every day it's because she's found a bone" "I don't know what kind of bone it is, but don't deny it" "Do you want me to tell lies?" "You can shilly-shally, but I insist" "I assume that so far you've only been up to harmless tricks but, listen, no one can throw dust in my eyes" "If you don't like the other thing, I'm your father and I call you to account!" "Your mother left you in my care;" "I'm determined to protect your honour" "You talk of honour!" "You took mine away." "If mother could see what you've done!" "God knows how you'd have fared in other hands, alone in the world" "Hypocrite!" "You know I can't regard you like all my other women" "Let me look on you as a loved one, one of my own blood" "Don't you believe me?" "No, I'm sick of always hearing the same thing" "Perhaps I've behaved badly to you, but now I'm anxious to do right" "I know it's ridiculous to act the tyrant or jealous husband" "I don't forbid you to go out, but it displeases me." "I've spoken" "These are delicious." "Try them" "He's ringing for me" "What does he want now?" "Come closer" "I shall be too worried to sleep knowing how you're upset by our conversation" "Forgive me." "Come on, tell me about your love affairs" " I've nothing to tell" " Very well, I'll find out" "In spite of everything, I thank you for caring for me in my old age" "You've given me your youth and I've behaved badly to you but I just can't convince myself that I'm old" "It's not my way to insist when I'm rebuffed" "Keep your childish charms for some coxcomb!" "But if I get angry I'll squash you like an ant!" "I'm not afraid of you; kill me whenever you like!" "You're very bold, I'll grant you that" "Tell him to wait at the studio tomorrow, alone if possible" "If Don Lope kills me, let it be for something" "Now you're working for the press?" "That's all you needed" "What time do we leave?" "Three-thirty p.m. But we'll pack everything before we go to bed" "Is your studio bigger than this?" "Twice as big." "You can see the whole city from my balcony and sunset from the bed - wonderful for a married couple" "For lovers" "But I want to marry you" "If you get tired of me we can go our own ways, that's best" "You talk like that old scoundrel" "He's right in many ways; he's no fool" "A gentleman here to see Don Horacio." "He's walking in the street" " How do you know he wants him?" " He told me so" "It's him; it's better if I talk to him" "This is my affair." "You wait here" "You want me?" "Tell Tristana to go home; then we'll settle this like gentlemen" "The first thing you're going to do is clear off" "I'm the girl's guardian" "Some guardian!" "She's told me what sort of old boy you are" "My seconds will call on you tomorrow" "Can't you see he's an old man?" "Shall we take him to the hospital?" "Write." "Don't forget" "She'll come back, I'm sure of it" "I was coming to offer my condolences on your sister's death" "Thank you, but you know she and I were estranged" "Yes, Lope, but she was your sister after all" "That's why I'll attend the funeral, even though it's a parade of cassocks" "I remember my childhood." "How she'll be grieved to leave me alive and sinful" "I'm sure she'll have thought only of putting you right with God" "She'll have thought of more worldly things" "If parents could take possessions, they'd leave their children destitute" "At least I'm glad you'll be well off now, after so much privation" "The dead to the grave, and the living..." "Tristana, remember the things I sold?" "Well, I've bought them all back!" "I'll drink no more tonight;" "just another drop" "Drink up, woman!" "Don't you want to?" "I'm sorry for you then" "I must tell you something, sir" "I've been keeping it secret for two days, but you'll find out in the end" "Señorita Tristana is here" " Why has she come?" " You'd better ask Don Horacio" " Is he here, too?" " She wants to speak to you" "I've nothing to say." "If they want anything, let her visit me" "If only she could, but she's seriously ill, sir" "It's two years since you saw her." "She's changed a lot" "First, please forgive my behaviour at our last interview" "I'm ready to give whatever satisfaction you demand" "That's of no interest now" "Many times I've asked Tristana to marry me, but she's always refused" "I'm not rich, but she has lacked nothing." "We've been fairly happy" "But now she's very ill." "Dangerously ill" "A tumour in the leg has given her great pain for weeks" "She's suffering agonies" "Any medical opinion?" "Here is the doctor's diagnosis" "Medical jargon." "Why have you brought her here?" "She nearly drove me mad insisting on it." "She thinks she's going to die" "She still looks on you as a father;" "she wants to die in your house" " What if I refuse to take her in?" " I won't abandon her" "If I open the doors of my house to her, what will you do?" "Stay in the city and wait to see what happens" "Naturally, I shall not have the discourtesy to impose my presence" "Tell her we'll come to fetch her tomorrow" "Now she can't escape me." "If she enters my house she'll never leave it again" " Well, doctor?" " Just a moment" "This warmth will soothe the pain" "There's no cure for this, Saturna" "Come now, nobody dies of a pain in the knee" "How are you?" "Feeling better?" "Here's Saturno come to visit you" "The doctor tells me your pain is a sign of improvement" "Cheer up, now." "You'll see, in a month you'll be jumping about and dancing" "I know I'll never dance again" "Don't lose heart." "Have confidence, like me" "In the sitting room there's the piano you longed for" "Now we'll hear how well you play" "I'll never be able to play, Lope" "You don't play the piano with your leg." "Cheer up, now" "With this dreadful pain?" "I've told you:" "The pain means the disease is being overcome" "How is my favourite patient?" "Worse than ever, doctor" "How do you feel?" "I had a high temperature in the night." "I'm very ill, aren't I?" "I've told you before, your case is quite normal" "Pain, but it will soon go away" "Not long ago I thought that life was fine; now I want to die" "I think she looks very ill" "A cow dung and camomile poultice would cure her" "Don't be coarse" "Don Lope, my friend, we have come to what I feared" "She is very ill." "I can speak frankly to a man like you" "There is blood poisoning;" "it is necessary to operate" "To amputate the leg" "Poor child." "To mutilate her so horribly" "It must be done immediately" "What sort of science is it that can't cure without amputation?" "Go to her, don't let her be alone" "Think of another way." "Here take both my legs..." "Forgive me." "I don't know what I'm saying" "Do what must be done" "Send this note to Dr. Alonso;" "he's a leading surgeon" "If it's done well, I think the amputation can save her" "Isn't it even certain, then?" "Science isn't infallible; we should invoke other aids" "I know that tranquillity is aided by a clear conscience so get a priest to hear her confession this evening" "Priests in my house?" "Never!" "Thank you for your advice, but I reject it" "I know Christ was the first socialist, and all that" "True priests are those of us who protect the innocent fight injustice, hypocrisy and filthy lucre" "I'm going to see the patient" "I thought I'd find you here." "I want to speak to you" "I won't have anything, thank you" "Are you thinking of staying here much longer?" "I couldn't leave, because of Tristana" "You know what's happened to the poor girl" "So graceful, and now disabled for ever" "I'm heartbroken, because I regard her with pure disinterested affection" "In fact, that's why I want to make her life happier" "Her fickle spirit needs you" "Do you take me for a puppet?" "I can't share an old man's standards" "Besides, Tristana's feelings are not as fickle as you think" "You're too young to understand some things; we won't quarrel over that" " What do you want?" " I want you to visit her" "I'm not a monster." "Feelings change;" "I realize she lacks something" "She lacks you, for sure." "Go to see her every day" "I'd be embarrassed" "I go for a walk between four and six." "Visit her then" "Don't thank me; it's for her sake" "Will you take the señorita's marrons glacés now" "No, I'll collect them on my way back" " When will you come back?" " In a month, at the most" "May I tell you something?" "I believe you wouldn't have brought me here if you loved me" "It was you that insisted." "You said you were dying" "But I'm still alive" "That's the limit." "You're unfair" "Perhaps." "Don Lope would never take me to another man's house" "Sometimes you seem like someone else" "I am!" "Could anyone be the same, like this?" "Forgive me for being so sharp." "I'm nervous because you're leaving" "I hope your exhibition will be a success." "I mean that" "I've got a lot to do." "I'll come and say good-bye tomorrow" "As you wish" "You should try to get used to wearing it" "It's dreadfully uncomfortable" " Is he leaving at last?" " Tomorrow" " When will he return?" " Perhaps never" "I know you like these" " You look lovelier every day" " Don't mock me" "No, your being a cripple may seem a handicap to you but now you're possibly even more desirable for many people" "I remember a woman in Paris;" "she walked about on crutches" "There were always three or four men following her" "There are tastes for everything" "Your bath is ready." "Shall I rub you first?" "Not rub, massage, woman" "Shall we have a hot drink before we go home?" "I don't feel like talking" "As valiant as ever." "The cold doesn't frighten you" "And the señorita's appearance is unsurpassable, it goes without saying" "You're very kind." "Thank him, Lope" "We intend to call to thank you for your donation to our orphanage but may I take this happy opportunity to express my personal thanks?" "It was our duty." "We must help others" "Many people are wealthy, but that kind of donation is rare" "The olive grove could be one of the best here" "Don't pursue the matter, Don Ambrosio" "I've said all I had to say" "In your case, the priest's job is done." "What you need..." "Don't talk to me about doctors;" "I want something else" "I've told you many times; get married" "How can I, if I can't bear him?" "I urge you to conquer this unhealthy attitude" "When he really harmed you, you accepted it without protest" "And now, when he's behaving better towards you, what more can you ask?" "The better he is, the less I care for him" " Isn't that irrational?" " I'm well aware of that" "Your animosity has something diabolical about it, my child" "Of course, you are young, and he's..." "But your marriage would be for the sanctification of a sinful situation not for procreation..." "You understand me, don't you?" "Ask him to marry you and you'll see how he'll accept" "Haven't you noticed how he's changed?" "Age brings tranquillity, one takes a different view of things" "He no longer forbids you to attend church; he even goes with you" "Marry him." "You must still have some tender feelings for him" "Can I give you a lift into town, Don Ambrosio?" "I'm going to buy fruit trees." "Do you want anything?" "Many blessings, Tristana, and to you, Lope" " Where are you going?" " To my room" "Are you leaving me alone on such a night, woman?" "Don't be ridiculous, think of your age" "How is your health, Tristana?" " And how is your mother?" " Very well" "So am I, thank you" "The footwarmer is just right" "My ears were frozen as I was coming here" "I scarcely set foot in the café now, so few of my generation are left" "Don't give up, Don Lope" "It can't be helped." "My heart is not what it was" "And the fistula..." "Unfounded fear." "You coddle yourself too much, Don Lope" "Excuse me, I forgot my tablets" "He's going downhill" "My memory gets worse every day" "Pass me the milk" "What an aroma!" "Those who have to put up with tea should be pitied" "I quite agree" "Saturna is a great cook." "How thick and creamy it is" "True, there aren't many like her" "If Don Lope wasn't kind enough to invite me here occasionally..." "Maybe he's offended out of pique, Don Ambrosio" "Señor Arcediano is speaking of a small inheritance my parents left me" "Small?" "I'd be content with half" "Why, isn't your salary sufficient?" "I get less than a bricklayer, and you know how many I have to support" "Let's not complain, otherwise Don Lope will suspect our motives" "Our host knows it's not my habit to ask for anything for myself" "Another cup, gentlemen?" "After all, life isn't as black as many people think" "It's snowing outside, but we're nice and warm here" "What's wrong?" "Do you feel ill?" "Has supper upset you?" "Would you like some camomile tea?" "It's more serious." "I've got a pain here that's killing me" "Call the doctor." "Quickly!" "Do you feel that bad?" "Number 243, please" "Is that Doctor Miquis?" "Listen, he's very ill" "Very good." "The sooner the better" "Doctor Miquis is coming" "Don't you hear me, Lope?" "Don't you?"