Don Alonso pretended to be importuned by the request; but when he got going, he spun one yarn after the other in such numbers that they almost had to beg him to stop.
"And didn't you ever see in those countries men who had been killed by lions?" asked Aristón.
"No."
"Then there aren't any lions?"
"Lions in cages … yes, a lot."
"But I mean at liberty, in the fields."
"In the fields? No."
Don Alonso seemed rather provoked to make these confessions.
"No other wild beasts, either?"
"There are no longer any wild beasts in the civilized countries," said the barber.