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Excerpt from A Vagabond Heroine In the first place, thinks Belinda sagely, life, did one marry the little Sevillian, need not of necessity be passed at his side at all. Maria Jose would naturally have to look after his agency business, travel to distant countries for wine orders, take his pleasure, as Spanish gentlemen do, in club or cafe, leaving his wife free - free in a flat in a Seville street no appearance to keep up, no respectability a tiled floor instead of Brussels carpet beneath one's feet; not a hope of brougham or liveries this side heaven - but free' The good warmth-giving sun of Spain overhead, a hundred sweet distractions of dance and terz'ulz'a to count the days by, bull-fights, theatres, and music for one's Sundays enjoy ment, in short, the rule, not the exception of life, and with only Maria Jose, who, after all, stands comparison with Mr. Augustus Jones right well, for drawback. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.