"I had thought of coming round to the palace this afternoon to inquire after your health from Dona Visita." "Hold your tongue, you fool; I have never felt better, especially since this morning.

The slap I have given to _those_ by not going into the choir to pray with them has put me in a splendid humour, and in order that they may thoroughly understand my meaning I have come to see you.

I wish them all to know that I am quite well, and that what is said about my illness is untrue.

I wish all in Toledo to understand that the archbishop will not see his canons, and that he does so from a sense of dignity, not from pride, as at the same time he can come down to see his old friend the gardener's widow." And the terrible old man laughed like a child to think of the annoyance this visit would cause his Chapter.
"Do not believe, however, Tomasa," he continued, "that I have come to see you solely for this reason.

I felt sad and worried in the palace this afternoon.