PART TWO

I Sandoval—Sánchez Gómez’s “Toads”—Jacob and Jesús 125

II The Names of the “Toads”—The Director of _Los Debates_ and His Editorial Staff 138

III The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas 147

IV Roberto’s Christmas—Northern Folk 163

V General Strike—Gay Times—The Dance at the Frontón—Initiation into Love 179

VI The Snow—More Tales from Don Alonso—_Las Injurias_—The _Asilo del Sur_ 188

VII The Black House—Conflagration—Flight 211

VIII The Municipal Dungeons—The Returned Soldier—The Convent Soup 218

IX Night in the Paseo de la Virgen del Puerto—A Shot Rings Out—Calatrava and Vidal—A Tango by La Bella Pérez 229