What an evil disposition had that same foreign
jorobado, and yet he had much grace, much humour, and said
occasionally to me such comical things, that I was fit to die of
laughter.
So he sat down to supper in the room above, and I may as
well tell you here, that he slept in the same chamber where your
worship will sleep to-night, and his servant waited behind his
chair. Well, I had curiosity, so I sat myself down at the table
too, without asking leave. Why should I? I was in my own house,
and an Asturian is fit company for a king, and is often of better
blood. Oh, what a strange supper was that. If the servant made
the slightest mistake in helping him, up would start the jorobado,
jump upon his chair, and seizing the big giant by the hair, would
cuff him on both sides of the face, till I was afraid his teeth
would have fallen out. The giant, however, did not seem to care
about it much. He was used to it, I suppose. Valgame Dios! if he
had been a Spaniard, he would not have submitted to it so
patiently. But what surprised me most was, that after beating his
servant, the master would sit down, and the next moment would begin
conversing and laughing with him as if nothing had happened, and
the giant also would laugh and converse with his master, for all
the world as if he had not been beaten.
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