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Scourged by poverty, which was not long in arriving, Rafaela had to move / away to a little village of Castile, where she had relatives. These were / poor farming people, making a hard fight for existence. By way of excuse / for her coming to them, the young woman made up a story. She said that / Amadeo had got into some kind of trouble with his employers, had been / discharged and had gone to Argentina, for there he had heard engineers / got excellent pay. After that, she had decided to leave Madrid, where / food and lodging were very dear. She ended her tale judiciously:
"As soon as I hear from Amadeo that he's got a good job, I'm going out / there to him."