Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . d, and the unfortunate man is hooted 468 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. out of the arena. Between each fight there is a kind of inter-act, during which the band plays, and the carcasses of the bullsand of the dead horses are removed. By six oclock all is over, and half an hour later the bull-fight gazette, with a most amusing and caustic account of the performance, is beingsold to the extent of30,000. to 40,000copies in the Madridstreets. During theremainder of the eve-ning the
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . d, and the unfortunate man is hooted 468 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. out of the arena. Between each fight there is a kind of inter-act, during which the band plays, and the carcasses of the bullsand of the dead horses are removed. By six oclock all is over, and half an hour later the bull-fight gazette, with a most amusing and caustic account of the performance, is beingsold to the extent of30,000. to 40,000copies in the Madridstreets. During theremainder of the eve-ning the cafes andrestaurants are full ofholiday crowds excit-edly discussing theevents of the day, andoverwhelminof with allkinds of attentionsthe heroes of the per-formance. Although so court-ed, so flattered, thesees p a da s are, as arule, good fellows,generous to the lastdegree, and, notwith-standing all that hasbeen said to the contrary, rather moral than otherwise,as far as their home-life is concerned. Almost all ofthem are married; as a rule, to very pretty fellows ! They have only to pick and to choose, for. DON CARLOS. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. 469 the Spanish woman admires nothing more than true courage,and raves about the man who daily carries his Hfe in his a rule, when once married, the wives do not attend the per-formance, but remain at home burning wax candles before theimage of the Holy Virgin during the whole time the bull-fightlasts. Little King Alfonso, who has completed his sixth year, is anaffectionate but mischievous boy. He is officially reported totake very kindly to his lessons, as, of course, all good boysshould do. He already speaks Spanish, French and Germanfluently, and is beginning to learn English. He also shows astrong inclination for manly exercises suited to his age, andis busy acquiring skill in the use of a tricycle, the gift of hisgrandmother. He resembles his father very closely in per-sonal appearance, and also bears a strong
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