"I was followed. Watch for a little man in a black suit and a stiff straw hat. Park a block from the entrance to the Ritz and keep your motor running."
"Claro."
"I think he tried to sell me perfume this afternoon when I was walking with that nurse."
"She needs no perfume," Pepe said.
"She is not my woman," Hall said.
"Did you see that other woman who came with the doctor?" Big Pepe snorted violently. "I hate maricones," he said.
"I hate them too, Pepe. Did you know that Franco is also a homosexual?"
"They are all maricones. Hitler, Franco. They are all the same."
"Putas y maricones," Hall said. "La Nueva España!"
Big Pepe cleared his throat and spat out of the window. "Arriba España." Hall could feel the low, toneless laugh in the Asturian's throat.