Orphan--_El Cojo_ and his Cave--Night in the Observatory

III Meeting with Roberto--Roberto Narrates the Origin of a Fantastic
Fortune

IV Dolores the Scandalous--_Pastiri's_ Tricks--Tender Savagery--A
Modest Out-of-the-way Robbery

V Gutter Vestals--The Troglodites

VI Senor Custodio and his Establishment--The Free Life

VII Senor Custodio's Ideas--_La Justa, el Carnicerin_ and _El
Conejo_

VIII The Square--A Wedding in La Bombilla--The Asphalt Caldrons




PART ONE




CHAPTER I

Preamble--Somewhat Immoral Notions of a Boarding-House Keeper--A
Balcony Is Heard Closing--A Cricket Chirps.