Vulgar words in Cæsar or Nothing (Page 1)

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buffoon x 1
damn x 2
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Produced by Eric Eldred, David Widger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team CÆSAR OR NOTHING By Pío Baroja Translated from the Spanish by Louis How CONTENTS PROLOGUE PART ROME I THE PARIS-VENTIMIGLIA EXPRESS II AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY III CÆSAR MONCADA IV PEOPLE WHO PASS CLOSE BY V THE ABBE PRECIOZI VI THE LITTLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN A ROMAN HOTEL VII THE CONFIDENCES or THE ABBE PRECIOZI VIII OLD PALACES, OLD SALONS, OLD LADIES IX NEW ACQUAINTANCES X A BALL XI A SOUNDING-LINE IN THE DARK WORLD XII A MEETING ON THE PINCIO XIII ESTHETICS AND DEMAGOGY XIV NEW ATTEMPTS, NEW RAMBLES XV GIOVANNI BATTISTA, PAGAN XVI THE PORTRAIT OF A POPE XVII EVIL DAYS XVIII CÆSAR BORGIA'S MOTTO, "AUT CÆSAR, AUT NIHIL" XIX CÆSAR'S REFLECTIONS XX DON CALIXTO AT SAINT PETER'S XXI DON CALIXTO IN THE CATACOMBS XXII SENTIMENTALITY AND ARCHEOLOGY XXIII THE 'SCUTCHEON OF A CHURCH XXIV TOURIST INTERLUDE PART TWO CATRO DURO I ARRIVAL II CASTRO DURO III CÆSAR'S LABOURS IV THE BOOKSELLER AND THE ANARCHISTS V THE BANQUET VI UNCLE CHINAMAN VII A TRYING SCENE VIII THE ELECTION IX CÆSAR AS DEPUTY X POLITICAL LABOURS XI THE PITFALL OF SINIGAGLIA XII LOCAL STRUGGLES XIII AMPARITO IN ACTION XIV INTRANSIGENCE LOST XV "DRIVELLER" JUAN AND "THE CUB-SLUT" XVI PITY, A MASK OF COWARDICE XVII FIRST VICTORY XVIII DECLARATION OF WAR XIX THE FIGHT FOR THE ELECTION XX CONFIDENCE XXI OUR VENERABLE TRADITIONS I OUR HOLY PRINCIPLES!

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His two chief occupations consisted in making love respectfully to the Countess Brenda and going to walk with Preciozi.

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"Whether he is a famous man, as you two say, or a blockhead, as I think, the fact remains that my uncle doesn't wish to have anything to do with me."

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"As a matter of reciprocal justice, since he makes love to my sister, I ought to make love to his wife," thought Cæsar, and he went several times to the Hotel Excelsior to call on Susanna.

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Among them were two serious old men; one was a model, a native of Frascati, with the face of a venerable apostle; the other, for contrast, looked like a buffoon and was the possessor of a grotesque nose, long, thin at the end and adorned with a red wart.

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"I have discovered the reasons for her inclination, first in a desire to revenge herself on her husband by marrying the brother of the woman he has fallen in love with; secondly, in my not having made love to her, like the majority of the men she has known.

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Damn the mule!

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"If I were, I should make love to you, because you are rich."

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"Damn it, what enthusiasm!" murmured Alzugaray.

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"DRIVELLER" JUAN AND "THE CUB-SLUT" _A MURDER_ "Driveller" Juan, the town dandy protected by Father Martín, had from childhood distinguished himself by his cowardice and by his tendency to bullying.

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He had a mother and two sisters who were seamstresses, whom he exploited, and he lived with a tavern-keeper nicknamed "The Cub-Slut," a buxom, malicious woman, who said horrible things about everybody.

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* * * * * _LIFE OF "THE CUB-SLUT"_ There were reasons for "The Cub-Slut's" being what she was.

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It was "Gaffer" who had given the nickname to the child, because instead of calling her by her name, he used to say: "Hey, 'Cub-Slut!'

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Hey, little 'Cub-Slut!'" and the appellation had stuck.

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"The Cub-Slut" left the brothel to go and live with an old innkeeper, who died and made her his heiress.

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"The Cub-Slut" set up a tavern at Castro.

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"Driveller" and "The Cub-Slut" got along well, although, by what any one could discover, "The Cub-Slut" treated the bully more like a servant than anything else.

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"The Cub-Slut" was said to be very outspoken.

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One Sunday, on the promenade, one of them, on passing near "The Cub-Slut," said in a low tone to her mother: "Dear Lord, what riff-raff!"

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And "The Cub-Slut," hearing her, stopped and said violently: "There's no riff-raff here except your mother and me.

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Such rude candour on "The Cub-Slut's" part had made her feared; so that nobody durst provoke her in the slightest degree.

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"Lengthy" was the son of "Gaffer," "The Cub-Slut's" protector, and some people imagined that she had persuaded "Driveller" to commit the crime; but the members of the Workmen's Club continued to believe that it was a case of clerical revenge.

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_"THE CUB-SLUT'S" ARGUMENT_ In the month of June, Cæsar and Amparito went to Castro Duro.

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'The Cub-Slut.'"

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"The Cub-Slut" answered in the negative, by an energetic movement of her head.

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"The Cub-Slut's" eyes flashed.

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"The Cub-Slut" stood firm before Cæsar, provocative, with flashing eyes, in an attitude of challenge.

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But in this case, judging by what "The Cub-Slut" was telling him, it had not been so; "Gaffer" had gone about it with a certain depravity, glutting his desires on her, and then selling her, putting her into an infamous house.

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"That man," "The Cub-Slut" ended, sobbing, "took away my name and gave me a nickname; took away my honour, my life, everything; and if I cannot be revenged on him because he is dead, I will be revenged on his family."

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"The Cub-Slut" listened to Cæsar with eyes cast down.

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"'The Cub-Slut' sent me to tell you to come to her house; she wants to speak to you."

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"From 'The Cub-Slut'; please read it right away."

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He had the wounded man's clothes searched, and they found "The Cub-Slut's" letter, in which she warned Cæsar of the danger he was in.

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