"Do you know that that circus chap with the phonograph showed up one day with a woman named Rosa?" said Manuel. "I went hunting for you to see whether she was the one you were talking about."
"No. The one I was looking for is dead."
"Then your case is all cleared up?"
"Yes. But I need money. Don Telmo was ready to lend me ten thousand duros on condition that I'd give him half of the fortune as soon as I entered into possession of it, if I won. But I refused."
"How foolish."
"What's more, he wants me to marry his niece."
"And you didn't want to?"
"No."
"But she's pretty."
"Yes. But she's not to my taste."