6/38 Here, he may presume to come into your presence. Will you receive him with extreme haughtiness? He is such a fool, I assure you. I am very distressed about this matter, my angel." "I will tell you Luis--when the myrtle-tree grows figs, and the fig-tree is pink with myrtle flowers, then I may fall in love with Dias de Bonilla--if I can take the trouble." No one heeded this pretty, extravagant talk. It was a thing apart from the more serious interests discussed by Doctor Worth and his wife and eldest daughter. |