8 The girl convinces her frightened mother that she is not hurt.
9. But we know the poor mother will never have a well day again.
10. The doctor had hastened to the bed and had seen the wounds made by the bullets.
EXERCISE 5
I. vii. Expectación
1. The poor woman continues at the sick man's bedside.
2. She feels ill herself, for she doesn't sit down nor heed the requests of her daughter.
3. The daughter stays and fixes her gaze on the warrior.
4. They anxiously wait for him to awake from his lethargy.
5. They sat and slept and snored too.