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From: Lanette B. <gal...@ca...> - 2009-12-06 07:48:22
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by mountains. The tower of La Cartuja, with its decorations of green tiles, rose above the foliage of the gardens and the cells. Febrer saw a carriage standing in a turn of the road. A man alighted from it, waving his arms so that Jaime's driver would stop his horses. Then he opened the carriage door and climbed in, smiling, taking a seat beside Febrer. "Hello Captain!" exclaimed Jaime in astonishment. "You didn't expect me, eh? I'm going to the breakfast, too; I have invited myself. What a surprise it will be for my brother!" Jaime pressed his hand. It was one of his most loyal friends, Captain Pablo Valls. CHAPTER III JEW AND GENTILE Pablo Valls was known throughout all Palma. When he seated himself on the terrace of a cafe on the Paseo del Borne a compact circle of listeners would form around him, smiling at his forceful gestures and at his loud voice, which was ever incapable of discreet tones. "I am a Chueta, and what of that? A Jew of the Jews! All of my family come from 'the street.' When I was in command of the Roger de Lauria, being one day in Algiers, I stopped before the door of the Syna |