CHAPTER III
The “Europea” and the “Benefactora”—A Strange Employment
Manuel returned to Alex’s studio. That worthy, displeased with the boy because he had left the place without so much as saying good-bye, refused to allow him to stay there again.
The bohemians who forgathered at the studio asked how Bernardo was getting along, and uttered a string of humorous commentaries upon the lot that Fate held in store for the photographer.
“So Roberto developed his plates?” asked one.
“Yes.”
“He retouched his plates and his wife,” added another.
“What a shameless wretch that Bernardo is!”