"I smell Maximina here."
And then he would go straight to where she was hiding, and catch her by the arm.
"I don't see how you found me so quick," she would say, with simulated disappointment. At other times she would open the ventanilla, and ask:—
"What is it you want?"
"Does Don Miguel Rivera live here?" he would ask.
"Yes, señor; but he is not at home."
"Is the señora in?"
"The señora is in, but she cannot receive you."
"Tell her that there is a gentleman here who wants to give her a hug and a kiss."
They laughed and amused themselves with these trifles, and the young wife never thought of asking her husband to give her an account of his time. She would go with him to the library. Miguel would take a book and sit down, saying:—