Poor Folk in Spain

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Jan Gordon. Poor Folk in Spain

Poor Folk in Spain

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

LONDON

CHAPTER II

JESUS PEREZ

CHAPTER III

THE FRONTIER

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CHAPTER IV

MEDINA DEL CAMPO

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CHAPTER V

AVILA

CHAPTER VI

MADRID

CHAPTER VII

A HOT NIGHT

CHAPTER VIII

MURCIA—FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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CHAPTER IX

MURCIA—SETTLING DOWN

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CHAPTER X

MURCIA—BLAS

CHAPTER XI

MURCIA—THE ALPAGATA SHOP

CHAPTER XII

MURCIA—BRAVO TORO

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CHAPTER XIII

AN EXCURSION

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CHAPTER XIV

VERDOLAY—HOUSEKEEPING

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CHAPTER XV

VERDOLAY—SKETCHING IN SPAIN

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CHAPTER XVI

VERDOLAY—CONENI

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CHAPTER XVII

VERDOLAY—THE INHABITANTS

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CHAPTER XVIII

VERDOLAY—THE DANCE AT CONENI'S

CHAPTER XIX

MURCIA—THE LAUD

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CHAPTER XX

ALICANTE

CHAPTER XXI

JIJONA—THE FIESTA

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CHAPTER XXII

JIJONA—TIA ROGER

CHAPTER XXIII

JIJONA—A DAY'S WORK

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CHAPTER XXIV

JIJONA—THE GOATHERDS

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CHAPTER XXV

MURCIA—AUTUMN IN THE PASEO DE CORVERAS

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CHAPTER XXVI

LORCA

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CHAPTER XXVII

MURCIA—LAST DAYS

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CHAPTER XXVIII

THE ROAD HOME

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Jan Gordon, Cora Gordon

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Two gendarmes and a clerk tore off the paper, pitched the mosquito curtain into a pair of scales, weighed it and wrote out the bill. All the while we had been clamouring, with a sudden memory from Hugo: "Antigua, antigua, antigua...."

This clamour became suddenly effective as soon as the officials had nothing to do than to collect the money. Instead of cash we gave them a chorus of "Antigua, antigua." The clerk and the two gendarmes then began what seemed to be an impromptu imitation of Miss Loie Fuller in her celebrated skirt dancing—mosquito curtain whirled this way and that in voluptuous curves. They were looking for evidence. Suddenly I pointed out a spot where perchance some full-blooded mosquito had come to a sudden death in 1913, when the world was yet at peace. The mosquito curtain was refolded, the bill torn up. They were quite peremptory with the rest of our luggage; so Jan dropped the two warm five-peseta pieces back into his pocket.

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