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tried   to   escape   through   the   rocks   down   the   steepest   of   the   slopes。   We 

threw our packs down in front of us and followed them as best we could�察�

slipping along on our heels。 Meanwhile the enemy fired at us。 It was the 

first time I had ever heard bullets whistling around me and I didn't mind it 

very much。 When there's a woman looking on�察�there's no particular merit 

in   snapping      one's   fingers   at  death。    We    all  escaped    except    the   poor 

/Remendado/�察�who received a bullet wound in the loins。 I threw away my 

pack and tried to lift him up。 

     ; 'Idiot��' shouted Garcia�察�'what do we want with offal� �Finish him off�察�

and don't lose the cotton stockings��' 

     ; 'Drop him��' cried Carmen。 

     ;I was so exhausted that I was obliged to lay him down for a moment 

under a rock。 Garcia came up�察�and fired his blunderbuss full into his face。 

'He'd be a clever fellow who recognised him now��' said he�察�as he looked at 

the face�察�cut to pieces by a dozen slugs。 

     ;There�察  �sir�察  �that's   the   delightful   sort   of   life   I've   led�   �That   night   we 

found ourselves   in   a  thicket�察 �worn out with   fatigue�察 �with   nothing   to  eat�察�

and ruined by the loss of our mules。 What do you think that devil Garcia 

did�拭�He pulled a pack of cards out of his pocket and began playing games 

with   /El   Dancaire/   by  the   light   of   a   fire   they  kindled。   Meanwhile   I   was 

lying down�察�staring at the stars�察�thinking of /El Remendado/�察�and   telling 

myself   I   would   just   as lief   be   in   his place。   Carmen   was   squatting   down 

near me�察�and every now and then she would rattle her castanets and hum a 



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tune。 Then�察�drawing close to me�察�as if she would have whispered in my ear�察�

she kissed me two or three times over almost against my will。 

     ; 'You are a devil��' said I to her。 

     ; 'Yes��' she replied。 

     ;After a few hours' rest�察�she departed to Gaucin�察�and the next morning 

a little goatherd brought us some food。 We stayed there all that day�察�and in 

the   evening   we   moved   close   to   Gaucin。   We   were   expecting   news   from 

Carmen�察�but none came。 After daylight broke we saw a muleteer attending 

a well´dressed woman with a parasol�察�and a little girl who seemed to be 

her servant。 Said Garcia�察�'There go two mules and two women whom St。 

Nicholas has sent us。 I would rather have had four mules�察�but no matter。 

I'll do the best I can with these。' 

     ;He took his blunderbuss�察�and went down the pathway�察�hiding himself 

among the brushwood。 

     ;We followed him�察�/El Dancaire/ and I keeping a little way behind。 As 

soon   as   the   woman   saw   us�察  �instead   of   being   frightenedand   our   dress 

would have been enough to frighten any oneshe burst into a fit of loud 

laughter。 'Ah� �the /lillipendi/� �They take me for an /erani/��'* 

     *     ;The idiots�察�they take me for a smart lady� ─�

     ;It was Carmen�察�but so well disguised that if she had spoken any other 

language I should never have recognised her。 She sprang off her mule�察�and 

talked some time in an undertone with /El Dancaire/ and Garcia。 Then she 

said to me�此�

     ;   'Canary´bird�察  �we   shall   meet   again   before   you're   hanged。   I'm  off   to 

Gibraltar on gipsy businessyou'll soon have news of me。' 

     ;We   parted�察  �after   she   had   told   us   of   a   place   where   we   should   find 

shelter for some days。 That girl was the providence of our gang。 We soon 

received   some   money   sent   by   her�察  �and   a   piece   of   news   which   was   still 

more   useful   to   usto   the   effect   that   on   a   certain   day   two   English   lords 

would travel from Gibraltar to Granada by a road she mentioned。 This was 

a word to the wise。 They had plenty of good guineas。 Garcia would have 

killed   them�察  �but   /El   Dancaire/   and   I   objected。   All   we   took   from   them�察�

besides their shirts�察�which we greatly needed�察�was their money and their 

watches。 



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     ;Sir�察  �a   man   may   turn   rogue   in   sheer   thoughtlessness。 You   lose   your 

head     over   a  pretty   girl�察 �you   fight  another    man    about    her�察 �there   is  a 

catastrophe�察  �you      have   to  take   to   the   mountains�察  �and   you   turn   from   a 

smuggler into a robber before you have time to think about it。 After this 

matter     of  the  English    lords�察  �we   concluded     that  the   neighbourhood       of 

Gibraltar would not be healthy for us�察�and we plunged into the /Sierra de 

Ronda/。 You once mentioned Jose´Maria to me。 Well�察�it was there I made 

acquaintance   with       him。   He   always   took    his   mistress   with   him   on   his 

expeditions。   She   was   a   pretty   girl�察  �quiet�察  �modest�察  �well´   mannered�察  �you 

never heard a vulgar word from her�察�and she was quite devoted to him。 He�察�

on his side�察�led her a very unhappy life。 He was always running after other 

women�察  �he   ill´treated   her�察  �and   then   sometimes   he   would   take   it   into   his 

head   to   be   jealous。  One day  he   slashed   her   with   a   knife。 Well�察�she only 

doted on him the more� �That's the way with women�察�and especially with 

Andalusians。   This   girl      was   proud   of   the   scar   on  her   arm�察  �and  would 

display it as though it were the most beautiful thing in the world。 And then 

Jose´Maria was   the  worst   of comrades in the bargain。  In one  expedition 

we made with him�察�he managed so that he kept all the profits�察�and we had 

all the trouble and the blows。 But I must go back to my story。 We had no 

sign at all from Carmen。 /El Dancaire/ said�此�'One of us will have to go to 

Gibraltar to get news of her。 She must have planned some business。 I'd go 

at once�察�only I'm too well known at Gibraltar。' /El Tuerto/ said�此�

     ;   'I'm  well   known      there   too。  I've  played    so   many     tricks  on   the 

crayfish*and as I've only one eye�察�it is not overeasy for me to disguise 

myself。' 

     *     Name applied by the Spanish populace to the British soldiers�察�on 

account of the colour of their uniform。 

     ; 'Then I suppose I must go��' said I�察�delighted at the very idea of seeing 

Carmen again。 'Well�察�how am I to set about it��' 

     ;The others answered�此�

     ; 'You must either go by sea�察�or you must get through by San Rocco�察�

whichever you like the best�察�once you are in Gibraltar�察�inquire in the port 

where a chocolate´seller called /La Rollona/ lives。 When you've found her�察�

she'll tell you everything that's happening。' 



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     ;It   was   settled   that   we   were   all   to   start   for   the   Sierra�察  �that   I   was   to 

leave   my   two   companions   there�察  �and   take   my   way   to   Gibraltar�察  �in   the 

character     of  a  fruit´seller。   At  Ronda     one   of   our  men    procured     me   a 

passport�察�at Gaucin I was provided with a donkey。 I loaded it with oranges 

and melons�察�and started forth。 When I reached Gibraltar I found that many 

people knew /La   Rollona/�察�but   that she   was either   dead or   had gone /ad 

finibus terroe/��* and�察�to my mind�察�her disappearance explained the failure 

of   our   correspondence   with   Carmen。  I   stabled   my  donkey�察 �and   began   to 

move about the town�察�carrying my oranges as though to sell them�察�but in 

reality looking to see whether I could not come across any face I   knew。 

The place is full of ragamuffins from every country in the world�察�and it 

really is like the Tower of Babel�察�for you can't go ten paces along a street 

without hearing as many languages。 I did see some gipsies�察�but I   hardly 

dared confide in them。 I was taking stock of them�察�and they were taking 

stock   of   me。  We   had   mutually   guessed   each   other   to   be   rogues�察  �but   the 

important thing for us was to know whether we belonged to the same gang。 

After having spent two days in fruitless wanderings�察�and having found out 

nothing either as to /La Rollona/ or as to Carmen�察�I was thinking I would 

go back to my comrades as soon as I had made a few purchases�察�when�察�

toward sunset�察�as I was walking along a street�察�I heard a woman's voice 

from a window say�察�'Orange´seller��' 

     *     To the galleys�察�or else to all the devils in hell。 

     ;I   looked   up�察  �and   on   a  balcony   I   saw   Carmen   looking   out�察  �beside   a 

scarlet´coated       officer   with    gold   epaulettes�察    �curly   hair�察  �and    all  the 

appearance of a rich /milord/。 As for her�察�she was magnificently dressed�察�a 

shawl hung on her shoulders�察�she'd a gold comb in her hair�察�everything she 

wore   was   of   silk�察  �and   the   cunning   little   wretch�察  �not   a   bit   altered�察  �was 

laughing till she held her sides。 

     ;The Englishman shouted to me in mangled Spanish to come upstairs�察�

as the lady wanted some oranges�察�and Carmen said to me in Basque�此�

     ; 'Come up�察�and don't look astonished at anything��' 

     ;Indeed�察�nothing that she did ought ever to have astonished me。 I don't 

know whether I was most happy or wretched at seeing her again。 At the 

door of the house there was a tall English servant with a powdered head�察�



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who ushered me into a splendid drawing´room。 Instantly Carmen said to 

me in Basque�察�'You don't know one word of Spanish�察�and you don't know 

me。' Then turning to the Englishman�察�she added�此�

     ; 'I told you so。 I saw at once he was a Basque。 Now you'll hear what a 
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