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Some days drifted by, after that unforgettable night, without Darles / getting any chance to see Alicia. Several afternoons he went to her / house, between half-past two and three, at which hour Don Manuel was / never there. But Teodora, the maid, never let him get beyond the parlor. / Sometimes Alicia was out, the maid said; again, she was asleep or had a / headache, and could not see him. Teodora spoke drily, disconcertingly. / If there is any way to sound the good or bad opinion any one has of us, / it is surely in the attitude of that person's servants. The student / would murmur:
"And she didn't leave any word for me?"