"And Enrique? How about him?" asked Miguel, fearing that his aunt, in talking about the servants, would never finish, as was her custom.
"That is another thing! Bent on marrying the chula! There is no way of getting it out of his head. His father will not hear his name mentioned, and has already declared that, if he continues his relationship with her, he will send him out of the house. Vicente and Eulalia are also just as set against him. The one who 'pays for all the broken glass in the house' is myself, because I sympathize with him; don't you see?"
"Yes; Enrique has always been your favorite!"
"The whole family have always declared this to be the case, but it is not true; as you see, he is the least favored.... On the other hand, he treats me worse than a shoe!"
The entrance of Serafina with the baby again interrupted the conversation; behind her came all the maids, evincing a lively excitement:
"What is the matter?"
"Why! the baby smiled!" said Serafina.
"Smiled! He smiled, as sure as there is a God in heaven, señorita," said one of the maids, adding her testimony.
"Go along with you! you are all crazy!" said Doña Martina. "Why, he is only two days old!"
"It cannot be," insisted Maximina, although she flushed with joy at the thought.