The Bible In Spain By George Borrow




































































 -   Within the corridor which
served as a kind of office, were several people; one of them sat
behind a desk - Page 556
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Within The Corridor Which Served As A Kind Of Office, Were Several People; One Of Them Sat Behind A Desk, And To Him The Alguazils Went Up, And After Discoursing With Him Some Time In Low Tones, Delivered The Warrant Into His Hands.

He perused it with attention, then rising he advanced to me.

What a figure! He was about forty years of age, and his height might have amounted to some six feet two inches, had he not been curved much after the fashion of the letter S. No weazel ever appeared lanker, and he looked as if a breath of air would have been sufficient to blow him away; his face might certainly have been called handsome, had it not been for its extraordinary and portentous meagreness; his nose was like an eagle's bill, his teeth white as ivory, his eyes black (Oh how black!) and fraught with a strange expression, his skin was dark, and the hair of his head like the plumage of the raven. A deep quiet smile dwelt continually on his features; but with all the quiet it was a cruel smile, such a one as would have graced the countenance of a Nero. "Mais en revanche personne n'etoit plus honnete." "Caballero," said he, "allow me to introduce myself to you as the alcayde of this prison. I perceive by this paper that I am to have the honour of your company for a time, a short time doubtless, beneath this roof; I hope you will banish every apprehension from your mind.

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