"I haven't any; my grandmother died when I was a baby."
"What a monkey!"
"No; I used to be homelier than I am now."
"Didn't your papa have to teach you during vacation?"
"I don't remember.... Zounds! Do you consider me so ugly?"
"Why should I deceive you?... Ugly? why you are uglier than sin!"
"Manolita,"[26] cried the fruit-woman from across the way, "when did you get up your awnings?"
"Just this very moment. How do you like them?"
"And so your name is Manolita?" asked Enrique