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Chapter 14

           "Ididnotthinkitwaswiseofhimtodrink,sincehehadeatennothing,andsincehehadsuchaconditionofthestomach;buthewasevidentlyunabletosupportthemerrimentandthehilarityandthenoiselongerwithouttakingsomething.SoIwatchedhimdrink,veryrapidly,almostabottleofthemanzanilla.Havingexhaustedhishandkerchiefshewasnowemployinghisnapkinfortheusehehadpreviouslymadeofhishandkerchiefs.

           "Nowindeedthebanquethadreachedastageofgreatenthusiasmandsomeoftheleastheavyofthewhoreswerebeingparadedaroundthetableontheshouldersofvariousoftheclubmembers.PastorawasprevailedupontosingandElNiñoRicardoplayedtheguitaranditwasverymovingandanoccasionoftruejoyanddrunkenfriendshipofthehighestorder.NeverhaveIseenabanquetatwhichahigherpitchofrealflamencoenthusiasmwasreachedandyetwehadnotarrivedattheunveilingofthebull’sheadwhichwas,afterall,thereasonforthecelebrationofthebanquet.

           "IwasenjoyingmyselftosuchanextentandIwassobusyclappingmyhandstotheplayingofRicardoandaidingtomakeupateamtoclapforthesingingoftheNiñadelosPeinesthatIdidnotnoticethatFinitohadfilledhisownnapkinbynow,andthathehadtakenmine.Hewasdrinkingmoremanzanillanowandhiseyeswereverybright,andhewasnoddingveryhappilytoeveryone.Hecouldnotspeakmuchbecauseatanytime,whilespeaking,hemighthavetoresorttohisnapkin;buthewasgivinganappearanceofgreatgayetyandenjoymentwhich,afterall,waswhathewastherefor.

           "SothebanquetproceededandthemanwhosatnexttomehadbeentheformermanagerofRafaelelGalloandhewastellingmeastory,andtheendofitwas,‘SoRafaelcametomeandsaid,"YouarethebestfriendIhaveintheworldandthenoblest.

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