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Chapter 14

           IloveyoulikeabrotherandIwishtomakeyouapresent."Sothenhegavemeabeautifuldiamondstickpinandkissedmeonbothcheeksandwewerebothverymoved.ThenRafaelelGallo,havinggivenmethediamondstickpin,walkedoutofthecaféandIsaidtoRetanawhowassittingatthetable,"Thatdirtygypsyhadjustsignedacontractwithanothermanager."’

           "‘"Whatdoyoumean?"Retanaasked.’

           "‘I’vemanagedhimfortenyearsandhehasnevergivenmeapresentbefore,’themanagerofElGallohadsaid.‘That’stheonlythingitcanmean.’AndsureenoughitwastrueandthatwashowElGallolefthim.

           "Butatthispoint,Pastoraintervenedintheconversation,notperhapsasmuchtodefendthegoodnameofRafael,sincenoonehadeverspokenharderagainsthimthanshehadherself,butbecausethemanagerhadspokenagainstthegypsiesbyemployingthephrase,‘Dirtygypsy.’Sheintervenedsoforciblyandinsuchtermsthatthemanagerwasreducedtosilence.IintervenedtoquietPastoraandanotherGitanaintervenedtoquietmeandthedinwassuchthatnoonecoulddistinguishanywordswhichpassedexcepttheonegreatword‘whore’whichroaredoutaboveallotherwordsuntilquietwasrestoredandthethreeofuswhohadintervenedsatlookingdownintoourglassesandthenInoticedthatFinitowasstaringatthebull’shead,stilldrapedinthepurplecloth,withalookofhorroronhisface.

           "AtthismomentthepresidentoftheClubcommencedthespeechwhichwastoprecedetheunveilingoftheheadandallthroughthespeechwhichwasapplaudedwithshoutsof‘Olé!’andpoundingsonthetableIwaswatchingFinitowhowasmakinguseofhis,no,my,napkinandsinkingfurtherbackinhischairandstaringwithhorrorandfascinationattheshroudedbull’sheadonthewalloppositehim.

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