“Sir, you are punishing me, but what makes me sorry you are punishing yourself in depriving yourself of the services of those pretty girls.”
“You are a rogue.”
“I know it, but I serve you with all my heart, and I love your pleasure as well as my own.”
“You plead well for yourself; I am afraid I have spoilt you.”
“Shall I do your hair to-morrow?”
“No; you may go out every day till dinner-time.”
“I shall be certain to catch it.”
“Then I shall send you to the hospital.”
“That is a fine prospect, ‘por Dios’.”
He was impudent, sly, profligate, and a rascally fellow; but also obedient, devoted, discreet, and faithful, and his good qualities made me overlook his defects.