‘They would have caught him if we hadn’t, and then he would have been one of your martyrs. They would write a book about him and you would read it to the children.’ ‘That man – never.’ ‘Well, after all,’ her husband said, ‘he carries on. I don’t believe all that they write in these books. We are all human.’ ‘You know what I heard today? About a poor woman who took to him her son to be baptized. She wanted him called Pedro – but he was drunk that he took no notice at all and baptized the boy Brigitta. Brigitta!’ ‘Well, it’s a good saint’s name.’ ‘There are times,’ the mother said, ‘when I lose
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