"One minute they're so charming and persuasive and winning and gay, and the next they're absolute bandits." "They're a mixed race, with a good deal of the Spaniard in them," explained Miss Morley.

"We must make certain allowances for their southern temperaments and customs.

They're very poor, and they look upon American and British tourists as made of money, and therefore fair game to be fleeced.

The best plan is to take them quite calmly, and never lose your temper however excited they may get.

When you've lived here for a time you learn how to treat them." By this time they had reached the bottom of the funicular, and were back in the little station near the observatory.