The City of the Discreet

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Contents

Chapter I. A conversation on the train
Chapter II. O, oriental, romantic city!
Chapter III. Infancy: sombre vestibule of life
Chapter IV. Blue eyes, black eyes
Chapter V. Noble and ancient ancestral homes!
Chapter VI. Concerning an adventure of Quentin's in the neighbourhood of El Potro
Chapter VII. In which is told the history of a tavern on Sierra Morena
Chapter VIII. A fight in an olive orchard
Chapter IX. In which Señor Sabadía abuses words and wine
Chapter X. Don Gil finishes his story
Chapter XI. More incomprehensible than the heart of a grown woman, is that of a girl-child
Chapter XII. In search of a jewel-case
Chapter XIII. A picnic and a ride
Chapter XIV. Spring
Chapter XV. Where his beautiful expectations went!
Chapter XVI. The man of action begins to make himself known
Chapter XVII. "I am a little Catiline"
Chapter XVIII. The tavern in the Calle del Bodegoncillo
Chapter XIX. The pleasant ironies of reality
Chapter XX. Philosophers without realizing the fact
Chapter XXI. Juan talks
Chapter XXII. Sticks, shots, and stones
Chapter XXIII. Pursuit and escape
Chapter XXIV. The victim of a feuilleton
Chapter XXV. An abduction is prepared
Chapter XXVI. Explanations
Chapter XXVII. In which a countess, a professional bandit, and a man of action have a talk
Chapter XXVIII. The mason's message
Chapter XXIX. A conference
Chapter XXX. Projects
Chapter XXXI. Night and day
Chapter XXXII. The city of the discreet
Chapter XXXIII The departure
Chapter XXXIV. The end