"Do me a favor?"
"A hundred."
"Only one: shut your eyes and don't open them until I tell you."
"Well, they are shut."
"See that you keep them so; I sha'n't like it if you open them."
"Never fear."
Gongora took me by the hand and led me forward: I trembled like a leaf.
We took about fifteen steps and stopped.
"Look!" said Gongora in an agitated voice.
I looked, and I swear by the head of my reader I felt two tears trickling down my cheeks.