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It is my turn now, and since I have accepted your treat, you, my friends, and these gentlemen, whom I know only to serve, will do me the favor to drink a small glass of _anisete_ to my health.
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Uncle Pedro, said a young muleteer of Dos-Hermanas,
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Ah me! exclaimed Aunt Maria, who after having drank her little glass of _anisette_ [Footnote 88] had seated herself upon some bags of wheat,
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There is no danger, Maria, answered Pedro,
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Is it true, Uncle Pedro, what my mother says, asked the muleteer,
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It is indeed, and I feel honored in saying it,
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What a story! exclaimed Aunt Maria,
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Though you take from him the sceptre, Robes of state, and signet rings, Still remains unto the monarch This--that he was once a king.
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It is true, Maria answered,
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How is that? exclaimed the audience, laughing heartily;
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I neither boast of my courage, replied the latter composedly,
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That is being more afraid than ashamed,
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You see, sirs, said Uncle Pedro, slyly winking,
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he proceeded,
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There was nothing more supernatural than your fears, interrupted Maria,
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Tell us about it. Uncle Pedro, tell us how it happened,
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You must know then, sirs, began Uncle Pedro,
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added Pedro, in a grave voice,
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This is an occasion, presently said Maria,
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Come, Uncle Pedro, said the muleteers,