The Cid!..." She stopped hunting for more celebrities.

Suddenly she seized the sailor's arm, exclaiming as energetically as though she had just made a discovery through the little door of the coach.

"Calderon de la Barca!" Ferragut saluted her.

"Yes, Senora." After that the younger woman thought that it was necessary to present her companion.
"Doctor Fedelmann....

A very wise woman distinguished in philology and literature." After clasping the doctor's hand, Ferragut indiscreetly set himself to work to gather information.
"The Senora is German ?" he said in Spanish to the younger one.
The gold-rimmed spectacles appeared to guess the question and shot a restless gleam at her companion.
"No," she replied.