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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. The Strange Friend of Tito Gil
The Strange Friend of Tito Gil
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. REWARDS AND SERVICES
CHAPTER II. MORE SERVICES AND REWARDS
CHAPTER III. HOW TITO ACQUIRED A KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE IN ONE HOUR
CHAPTER IV. DIGRESSION, WHICH BEARS LITTLE ON THE STORY
CHAPTER V. DOUBT DISPELLED
CHAPTER VI. PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE
CHAPTER VII. THE ROYAL CHAMBER
CHAPTER VIII. REVELATIONS
CHAPTER IX. THE SOUL
CHAPTER X. UNTIL TO-MORROW
CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH TITO IS AGAIN HAPPY, AND THE FIRST PART OF THIS STORY IS COMPLETED
CHAPTER XII. THE SUN IN THE WEST
CHAPTER XIII. THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
CHAPTER XIV. PHYSICIAN, AT LAST!
CHAPTER XV. THE REVERSE OF TIME
CHAPTER XVI. DEATH AGAIN BECOMES SERIOUS
CONCLUSION
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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I am Death, my friend—I am Death, and God has sent me—God, who has reserved for thee a glorious place in heaven. Five times I have caused thee misery, but at last, I, the implacable deity, have had compassion on thee. When He ordered me to bring thy godless soul before the Tribunal, I prayed to Him to confide thy existence to me, and allow me to remain awhile at thy side, promising in the end to deliver thy spirit cleansed of sin and worthy of His glory. Heaven has not been deaf to my prayer. Thou art then the first mortal whom I ever approached whose body did not turn to cold ashes. Thou art my only friend. Listen, now, and learn the path to happiness and eternal salvation.”
When Death had finished speaking Tito murmured an inaudible word.
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