Rinconete and Cortadillo part 19
“Well, with this promise,” said the cavalier, “take this chain for the twenty ducats owing, and forty on account of the business you have...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 18
“Ah! I watched for him last night at the very door of his house,” rejoined the bravo, “and when he came I looked him...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 17
She had hardly spoken these words, when a boy entered, bearing a large basket covered with a sheet. The good people seemed all very...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 16
“I was there,” replied the guide. “Then how is it that you have not given notice of a purse, which you took there, containing...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 15
“Sir,” replied he, “I possess a little spice of art; I can handle cards well, know how to turn an ace to a king,...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 14
Monipodio, having made the tour of the courtyard to see his visitors, then asked the newcomers their profession, name, and country. Rincon answered that...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 13
An old woman next arrived, who immediately on her entrance went to the image of the Virgin, and having taken the holy water with...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 12
“Indeed! this is most exemplary conduct,” said Cortado; “but pray do not the priests sometimes order these religious persons to make restitution or penance?”
“No,”...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 11
“I always thought,” said Cortado, “that thieving was a free trade, without any duty or impost; and if the professors paid at all, it...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 10
“There is no fear of that, my friend,” returned the sacristan. I have it so truly in my memory that I shall not mistake...
