“It looks as if they were about ruined, eh?”
“Yes; completely.”
“Still they must have some cash haven’t they?”
“Oof! The old man was very rich; more through his wife than himself. He is a fine man but very extravagant. When the rebel leader Gomez took possession of Cordova the old Marquis, who was then a Carlist, took him in and gave him thousands of dollars. He has always spent his money lavishly.”
“What about the son?”
“The son is nothing like his father. He is a disagreeable profligate.”
“And the son’s wife?”
“La Aceitunera? She’s a sinner of the first water.”
“Pretty, eh?”
“Rather! A fine lass with unbounded wit. When she left her husband, she went to live with Periquito Gálvez; but now they say she is trotting about with a lieutenant. Just pull Juan the gardener’s tongue a bit, and he’ll tell you some curious things.”