“Yes, on the left hand side.”
“Let’s have it. What must I say?”
“You already know that they call her La Aceitunera?”
“Yes.”
“And you also know that she has no morals to boast of?”
“Yes.”
“Well, with that you’ve got it all made. As a sort of refrain to your poem, you may use the quotation she wears on her garters; it goes like this:
Intrépido es amor;
de todo sale vencedor.”
“Very good; but give me an idea.”
“Do you need still more? You can begin with a poetic invocation, asking every crib in Cordova who the lady of such and such a description is; then give hers; including the fact that she wears garters with this motto engraved upon them: