[The Argonauts of North Liberty by Bret Harte]@TWC D-Link bookThe Argonauts of North Liberty CHAPTER II 9/21
And then, all in a moment, he would become as ill, without a word or gesture, until he would stalk out of the house, gallop away furiously, and for a week not be heard of.
The first time it happened, Dona Rosita was piqued by his rudeness, Don Andreas was alarmed, for it was on an evening like the present, and Dona Rosita was teaching him a little song on the guitar when the fit came on him. And he snapped the guitar strings like thread and threw it down, and got up like a bear and walked away without a word." "I see it all," said Demorest, half seriously: "you were coquetting with him, and he was jealous." But Dona Rosita shook her head and turned impetuously, and said in English to Joan: "No, it was astutcia--a trick, a ruse.
Because when my father have arrived at his house, he is agone.
And so every time.
When he have the fit he goes not to his house.No.And it ees not until after one time when he comes back never again, that we have comprehend what he do at these times.
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