I have always loved you, you are an excellent family, and have often satisfied my hunger." "Silence, senor, silence, and do not recall those things.

I am the one who ought to be grateful for your kindness, so simple and genuine in spite of your rank, which comes next after the Pope.

And the truth is," added the old woman with the pride of her frankness, "that no one is the loser.

Friends like I am you can never have; like all the great ones of the earth, you are surrounded by flatterers and rascals.

If you had remained a simple mass priest no one would have sought you out, but Tomasa would have always been your friend, always ready to do you a service.