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A young man joins the citizens of the Spanish city of Zaragoza in defending against an attack by the French.

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little distance another street, narrow and retired, called Antón Trillo. You follow this until you reach the back of the church. There you will see a house. You stop there⁠—”

“And then I come back again?”

“No; close to the house there is a garden, with a little gateway painted the color of chocolate. You stop there.”

“There I stop, and there I am!”

“No, old man. You will see⁠—”

“You’re whiter than your shirt, my Augustine. What do all these towers and stoppages signify?”

“They mean,” continued my friend, with increasing embarrassment, “that in a little while you will be there. I desire you to go by night. All right, you arrive there. You stop. You wait a little, then you pass to the opposite sidewalk. You stretch your neck, and you will see a

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