Intrépido es amor;
de todo sale vencedor.”
“Good! For example: I’ll say that she has black eyes, and a wonderful pair of hips, and—”
“An olive complexion.”
“And an olive complexion ... and I’ll finish up with:
Y ésta leyenda escrita en la ancha liga,
que tantos vieron con igual fatiga:
Intrépido es amor;
de todo sale vencedor.
(And this legend written upon her broad garter, which so many men have seen with the same feeling of fatigue: etc.)
“Eh? How’s that?”
“Very good.”
“All right, it won’t take a minute to finish it. What shall I call the poem?”