Life in Mexico

by Madame Calderón de la Barca

LETTER THE FORTY-SECOND

Italian Opera—Artists, Male and Female—Prima Donna—Lucia di Lammermoor
—Some Disappointment—Second Representation—Improvement—Romeo and
Giulietta—La Ricci—La Señora Cesari—The Mint—False Coining—Repetition
of Lucia—Procession by Night—A Spanish Beauty—Discriminating Audience—
A little too simple—Gold Embroidery—Santiago—Pilgrims—Old Indian
Custom—Soiree—Mexico by Moonlight—Mysterious Figure—Archbishop—
Viceroy