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Carmen�此�

     ;   'ListenI   forget   everything�察  �I   won't   mention   anything   to   you。   But 

swear   one   thing   to   methat   you'll   come   with   me   to   America�察  �and   live 

there quietly��' 

     ;   'No��'   said   she�察  �in a   sulky  voice�察  �'I   won't   go   to AmericaI   am  very 

well here。' 

     ; 'That's because you're near Lucas。 But be very sure that even if he 

gets   well   now�察  �he   won't   make   old     bones。   And�察  �indeed�察  �why   should   I 



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quarrel with him�拭�I'm tired of killing all your lovers�察�I'll kill you this time。' 

    ;She looked at me steadily with her wild eyes�察�and then she said�此�

    ; 'I've always thought you would kill me。 The very first time I saw you 

I had just met a priest at the door of my house。 And to´night�察�as we were 

going out of Cordova�察�didn't you see anything�拭�A hare ran across the road 

between your horse's feet。 It is fate。' 

    ; 'Carmencita��' I asked�察�'don't you love me any more��' 

    ;She    gave   me   no  answer�察   �she  was   sitting  cross´legged   on  a  mat�察�

making marks on the ground with her finger。 

    ; 'Let us change our life�察�Carmen��' said I imploringly。 'Let us go away 

and    live  somewhere     we  shall  never   be  parted。  You   know    we   have   a 

hundred and twenty  gold ounces buried under an oak   not far from  here�察�

and then we have more money with Ben´Joseph the Jew。' 

    ;She began to smile�察�and then she said�察�'Me first�察�and then you。 I know 

it will happen like that。' 

    ; 'Think about it��' said I。 'I've come to the end of my patience and my 

courage。 Make up your mindor else I must make up mine。' 

    ;I left her alone and walked toward the hermitage。 I found the hermit 

praying。 I waited till his prayer was finished。 I longed to pray myself�察�but I 

couldn't。 When he rose up from his knees I went to him。 

    ; 'Father��' I said�察�'will you pray for some one who is in great danger��' 

    ; 'I pray for every one who is afflicted��' he replied。 

    ; 'Can you say a mass for a soul which is perhaps about to go into the 

presence of its Maker��' 

    ; 'Yes��' he answered�察�looking hard at me。 

    ;And as there was something strange about me�察�he tried to make me 

talk。 

    ; 'It seems to me that I have seen you somewhere��' said he。 

    ;I laid a piastre on his bench。 

    ; 'When shall you say the mass��' said I。 

    ; 'In half an hour。 The son of the innkeeper yonder is coming to serve 

it。 Tell me�察�young man�察�haven't you something on your conscience that is 

tormenting you�拭�Will you listen to a Christian's counsel��' 

    ;I could hardly restrain my tears。 I told him I would come back�察�and 



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hurried away。 I went and lay down on the grass until I heard the bell。 Then 

I went back to the chapel�察�but I stayed outside it。 When he had said the 

mass�察�I went back to the /venta/。 I was hoping Carmen would have fled。 

She could have taken my horse and ridden away。 But I found her there still。 

She did not choose that any one should say I had frightened her。 While I 

had been away she had unfastened the hem of her gown and taken out the 

lead that weighted it�察�and now she was sitting before a table�察�looking into a 

bowl of water into which she had just thrown the lead she had melted。 She 

was   so    busy   with   her   spells  that   at  first   she  didn't   notice  my   return。 

Sometimes she would take out a bit of lead and turn it round every way 

with   a   melancholy   look。   Sometimes   she   would   sing   one   of   those   magic 

songs�察�which invoke the help of Maria Padella�察�Don Pedro's mistress�察�who 

is said to have been the /Bari Crallisa/the great gipsy queen。* 

     *     Maria     Padella    was   accused     of  having    bewitched     Don    Pedro。 

According            to one popular tradition she presented Queen Blanche of 

Bourbon           with   a   golden   girdle   which�察  �in   the   eyes   of   the   bewitched 

king�察           �took    on   the   appearance      of  a   living   snake。    Hence     the 

repugnance he            always showed toward the unhappy princess。 

     ;   'Carmen��'   I   said   to   her�察  �'will   you   come   with   me��'   She   rose�察  �threw 

away her wooden bowl�察�and put her mantilla over her head ready to start。 

My horse was led up�察�she mounted behind me�察�and we rode away。 

     ;After we had gone a little distance I said to her�察�'So�察�my Carmen�察�you 

are quite ready to follow me�察�isn't that so��' 

     ;She   answered�察  �'Yes�察  �I'll   follow   you�察  �even   to   deathbut   I   won't   live 

with you any more。' 

     ;We had reached a lonely gorge。 I stopped my horse。 

     ; 'Is this the place��' she said。 

     ;And with a spring she reached the ground。 She took off her mantilla 

and threw it at her feet�察�and stood motionless�察�with one hand on her hip�察�

looking at me steadily。 

     ; 'You mean to kill me�察�I see that well��' said she。 'It is fate。 But you'll 

never make me give in。' 

     ;I said to her�此�'Be rational�察�I implore you�察�listen to me。 All the past is 

forgotten。 Yet you know it is you who have been my ruinit is because of 



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you that I am a robber and a murderer。 Carmen�察�my Carmen�察�let me save 

you�察�and save myself with you。' 

     ;   'Jose��'   she   answered�察  �'what   you   ask   is   impossible。   I   don't   love   you 

any more。 You love me still�察�and that is why you want to kill me。 If I liked�察�

I   might   tell   you   some   other   lie�察  �but   I   don't   choose   to   give   myself   the 

trouble。  Everything   is   over between   us   two。 You   are   my  /rom/�察  �and   you 

have the right to kill your /romi/�察�but Carmen will always be free。 A /calli/ 

she was born�察�and a /calli/ she'll die。' 

     ; 'Then�察�you love Lucas��' I asked。 

     ;   'Yes�察  �I   have   loved   himas   I   loved   youfor   an   instantless   than   I 

loved you�察�perhaps。 But now I don't love anything�察�and I hate myself for 

ever having loved you。' 

     ;I cast myself at her feet�察�I seized her hands�察�I watered them with my 

tears�察�I reminded her of all the happy moments we had spent together�察�I 

offered to continue my brigand's life�察�if that would please her。 Everything�察�

sir�察�everythingI offered her everything if she would only love me again。 

     ;She said�此�

     ; 'Love you again�拭�That's not possible� �Live with you�拭�I will not do it��' 

     ;I   was   wild   with   fury。   I   drew   my   knife�察  �I   would   have   had   her   look 

frightened�察�and sue for mercybut that woman was a demon。 

     ;I cried�察�'For the last time I ask you。 Will you stay with me��' 

     ; 'No� �no� �no��' she said�察�and she stamped her foot。 

     ;Then she pulled a ring I had given her off her finger�察�and cast it into 

the brushwood。 

     ;I   struck   her   twice   overI   had   taken   Garcia's   knife�察  �because   I   had 

broken my own。 At the second thrust she fell without a sound。 It seems to 

me that I can still see her great black eyes staring at me。 Then they grew 

dim and the lids closed。 

     ;For    a  good    hour   I  lay  there   prostrate   beside    her  corpse。    Then    I 

recollected that Carmen had often told me that she would like to lie buried 

in a wood。 I dug a grave for her with my knife and laid her in it。 I hunted 

about a long time for her ring�察�and I found it at last。 I put it into the grave 

beside her�察�with a little crossperhaps I did wrong。 Then I got upon my 

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I told them I had killed Carmen�察�but I would not tell them where her body 

was。 That hermit was a holy man� �He prayed for herhe said a mass for 

her soul。 Poor child� �It's the /calle/ who are to blame for having brought 

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                               CHAPTER IV 



     Spain is one of the countries in which those nomads�察�scattered all over 

Europe�察  �and   known   as   Bohemians�察  �Gitanas�察  �Gipsies�察  �Ziegeuner�察  �and   so 

forth�察�are now to be found in the greatest numbers。 Most of these people 

live�察  �or  rather   wander     hither   and   thither�察 �in  the  southern     and   eastern 

provinces   of   Spain�察  �in   Andalusia�察  �and   Estramadura�察  �in   the   kingdom   of 

Murcia。 There are a great many of them in Catalonia。 These last frequently 

cross over into France and are to be seen at all our southern fairs。 The men 

generally   call   themselves   grooms�察  �horse   doctors�察  �mule´clippers�察  �to   these 

trades    they   add   the   mending     of  saucepans     and   brass   utensils�察  �not   to 

mention   smuggling   and   other   illicit   practices。   The   women   tell   fortunes�察�

beg�察�and sell all sorts of drugs�察�some of which are innocent�察�while some 

are    not。  The    physical    characteristics     of  the   gipsies   are   more    easily 

distinguished then described�察�and when you have known one�察�you should 

be able to recognise a member of the race among a thousand other men。 It 

is by their physiognomy and expression�察�especially�察�that they differ from 

the other inhabitants of the same country。 Their complexion is exceedingly 

swarthy�察�always darker than that of the race among whom they live。 Hence 

the   name   of   /cale/   ��blacks��   which   they  frequently   apply  to   themselves。* 

Their eyes�察�set with a decided slant�察�are large�察�very black�察�and shaded by 

long and heavy
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