Leaving her husband without support, she planted herself in front of the alfereza, trembling with anger from head to foot and unable to speak.

Dona Consolacion slowly turned her head, calmly looked her over again, and once more spat, this time with greater disdain.
"What's the matter with you, Dona ?" she asked.
"Can you tell me, senora, why you look at me so?
Are you envious ?" Dona Victorina was at length able to articulate.
"I, envious of you, I, of you ?" drawled the Muse.

"Yes, I envy you those frizzes!" "Come, woman!" pleaded the doctor.

"D-don't t-take any n-notice!" "Let me teach this shameless slattern a lesson," replied his wife, giving him such a shove that he nearly kissed the ground.

Then she again turned to Dona Consolacion.
"Remember who you're dealing with!" she exclaimed.