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Title: The Spanish Jade

Author: Maurice Hewlett

Illustrator: William Hyde

Release Date: July 29, 2009 [EBook #29545]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: Castilian table lands.]

THE SPANISH JADE

BY

MAURICE HEWLETT

WITH FULL PAGE COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS

BY WILLIAM HYDE

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED

LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE

MCMVIII

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

INTRODUCTION
I. THE PLEASANT ERRAND
II. THE TRAVELLER AT LARGE
III. DIVERSIONS OF TRAVEL
IV. TWO ON HORSEBACK
V. THE AMBIGUOUS THIRD
VI. A SPANISH CHAPTER
VII. THE SLEEPER AWAKENED
VIII. REFLECTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN
IX. A VISIT TO THE JEWELLER'S
X. FURTHER EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF DON LUIS RAMONEZ
XI. GIL PEREZ DE SEGOVIA
XII. A GLIMPSE OF MANUELA
XIII. CHIVALRY OF GIL PEREZ
XIV. TRIAL BY QUESTION
XV. NEMESIS--DON LUIS
XVI. THE HERALD
XVII. LA RACOGIDA
XVIII. THE NOVIO
XIX. THE WAR OPENS
XX. MEETING BY MOONLIGHT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CASTILIAN TABLE LANDS . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

UPON A BLUE FIELD LAY VALLADOLID

THE TOWERS OF SEGOVIA

MADRID BY NIGHT

INTRODUCTION

Cada puta hile (Let every jade go spin).--SANCHO PANZA.

Almost alone in Europe stands Spain, the country of things as they are.
The Spaniard weaves no glamour about facts, apologises for nothing,
extenuates nothing. _Lo que ha de ser no puede faltar_! If you must
have an explanation, here it is. Chew it, Englishman, and be content;
you will get no other. One result of this is that Circumstance, left
naked, is to be seen more often