them with her castanets the instant she caught sight of the patrol. But
there was no necessity for that. The smugglers finished their job in a
moment.

"The next day I went to the _Calle del Candilejo_. Carmen kept me
waiting, and when she came, she was in rather a bad temper.

"'I don't like people who have to be pressed,' she said. 'You did me a
much greater service the first time, without knowing you'd gain anything
by it. Yesterday you bargained with me. I don't know why I've come, for
I don't care for you any more. Here, be off with you. Here's a douro for
your trouble.'

"I very nearly threw the coin at her head, and I had to make a violent
effort to prevent myself from actually beating her. After we had
wrangled for an hour I went off in a fury. For some time I wandered
about the town, walking hither and thither like a madman. At last I went
into a church, and getting into the darkest corner I could find, I cried
hot tears. All at once I heard a voice.

"'A dragoon in tears. I'll make a philter of them!'

"I looked up. There was Carmen in front of me.

"'Well, _mi payllo_, are you still angry with me?' she said. 'I must
care for you in spite of myself, for since you left me I don't know what
has been the matter with me. Look you, it is I who ask you to come to
the _Calle del Candilejo_, now!'

"So we made it up: but Carmen's temper was like the weather in our