Dona Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
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is a doctor in two sciences, and he took honors besides--what do you
think of that?--well, as I was saying, since his return, he has come here very often with his uncle. Mamma too is very fond of him. He is a very sensible boy. He goes home early with his uncle; he never goes at night to the Casino, nor plays nor squanders money, and he is employed in the office of Don Lorenzo Ruiz, who is the best lawyer in Orbajosa. They say Jacinto will be a great lawyer, too." "His uncle did not exaggerate when he praised him, then," said Pepe. "I am very sorry that I talked all that nonsense I did about lawyers. I was very perverse, was I not, my dear cousin?" "Not at all; for my part, I think you were quite right." "But, really, was I not a little--" "Not in the least, not in the least!" "What a weight you have taken off my mind! The truth is that I found myself constantly, and without knowing why, in distressing opposition to that venerable priest. I am very sorry for it." "What I think," said Rosarito, looking at him with eyes full of affection, "is that you will not find yourself at home among us." "What do you mean by that?" "I don't know whether I can make myself quite clear, cousin. I mean that it will not be easy for you to accustom yourself to the society and the ideas of the people of Orbajosa. I imagine so--it is a supposition." |
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