“There is nothing that resigns itself to dying, and error is perhaps that which defends itself from death most fiercely.”
Daily Archives: April 19, 2016
page 203 of 818 of Fortunata and Jacinta: Two Stories of Married Women
“Since angels are used to flying, they can hardly take a step on earth without stumbling.”
page 200 of 818 of Fortunata and Jacinta: Two Stories of Married Women
They want to tell Juanito about the boy but his friend is there talking about ruined Spanish castles. Everything about Spain seems in ruins but nobody wants to see it. This boy is like a last effort of that class to carry on the line but he’s dirty and wicked and probably not even related. He’s a last gasp of a dying empire.
page 195 of 818 of Fortunata and Jacinta: Two Stories of Married Women
They celebrate all of Spain’s famous loses: Trafalgar in 1805, and Callao in 1866. The next scene is the family trying to tame little Pituso after he’s made a mess of everything and broken the heads off the nativity and eaten potato peels.
page 189 of 818 of Fortunata and Jacinta: Two Stories of Married Women
Like a little king and consort, they sit on bundles filled with gold coins. They are spoiling the boy so much it’s worse for him than living in poverty.