"Who are they," demanded an old shopkeeper.
"A milkmaid marrying a señorito: look; that's him in front," replied a chula, who had stopped in front of the shop.
"And the bride?"
"There she goes in the middle of 'em all, walking with a señorita!"
"Handsome piece! The señorito shows good taste. I would not object to marrying her myself."
"Aha! That would be a good one, wouldn't it!"
"Well, I'd take you, Barbiana!"
"Ay! You'd see me die first! My dear old fellow, 'Young sheep and old bell-wether never get along together.'"[49]
"Señorita," Manolita was meantime saying to her madrina, "I can never repay you for the honor which you are doing me. Enrique was right in praising you!"
"Oh, for Heaven's sake don't call me señorita; I am your cousin; I want you to call me Maximina; say 'thou' to me."