Chapter 29: The Garden of Flaming Lilies

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⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠The voice of some maid servant singing a copla waked me early in the morning, after an hour or two of sleep.

El amor y la naranja

se parecen infinito;

Que por muy dulces que sean

de agrio tienen su poquito.(1)

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠Yes, always a little bitter, I said to myself. But if for me there were after all to be some sweetness left?

Last night before parting, the Cherub, Dick and I had talked matters over from every po

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