Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

* Italics are denoted by underscores as in _italics_.
* Bold text is denoted by equals as in =bold=.
* Small caps are represented in upper case as in SMALL CAPS.
* Obvious printer errors have been silently corrected.
* Original spelling was kept, but variant spellings were made
consistent when a predominant usage was found.
* Throughout the text the following replacements were made:

“Maria” by “María”,
“Telleria” by “Tellería”,
“Joaquin” by “Joaquín”,
“Fontan” by “Fontán”,
“Leopold” by “Leopoldo”,
“Agustin” by “Agustín”,
“Perez” by “Pérez”.

* The following changes were also made:

Page 18: “Atheneam” replaced by “Atheneum”.
Page 28: “Centa” replaced by “Ceuta”.
Page 75: “Corralles” replaced by “Corrales”.
Page 144: “Cerinola” replaced by “Ceriñola”.
Page 147: “Cayentano” replaced by “Cayetano”.
Page 199: “Arragon” replaced by “Aragón” (twice).
Page 246: “Monilla” replaced by “Monina”.
Page 274: “her papa” replaced by “your papa” (twice--after
checking the Spanish original version).

LEON ROCH
A ROMANCE

BY
B. PÉREZ GALDÓS
Author of “Gloria,” etc.

FROM THE SPANISH BY CLARA BELL

--AUTHORIZED EDITION--

IN TWO VOLUMES--VOL. I.

REVISED AND CORRECTED IN THE UNITED STATES

NEW YORK
WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, PUBLISHER
11 MURRAY STREET
1888

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886
BY WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

THIS TRANSLATION WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE PUBLISHER

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME, 1

II.--LIFE AT A WATERING PLACE, 9

III.--IN WHICH THE READER WILL ENJOY HEARING THE
PRAISES LAVISHED BY SPANIARDS ON THEIR
COUNTRY AND COUNTRY-MEN, 15

IV.--MORE CONVERSATION, GIVING US SOME IDEA
OF THE SPANISH CHARACTER, 24

V.--ILLUSTRATING ANOTHER TRAIT OF SPANISH
CHARACTER, 31

VI.--PEPA, 37

VII.--TWO MEN AND THEIR SCHEMES IN LIFE, 45

VIII.--MARÍA EGYPTIACA, 57

IX.--THE MARQUESA TELLERÍA, 69

X.--THE MARQUIS, 79

XI.--LEOPOLDO, 88

XII.--GUSTAVO, 94

XIII.--THE LAST ILLUSION, 103

XIV.--HUSBAND AND WIFE, 111

XV.--A MODUS VIVENDI, 127

XVI.--IN THE DOG-DAYS, 133

XVII.--DESERTERS, 142

XVIII.--THE ASCETIC, 149

XIX.--THE MARQUESA GOES TO A CONCERT, 159

XX.--THE OLD, OLD DRAMA, 166

XXI.--A STRUGGLE WITH THE ANGEL, 179

XXII.--CONQUERED BY THE ANGEL, 185

XXIII.--WEATHER PERMITTING, 188

XXIV.--REMINISCENCES--ANXIETIES, 200

XXV.--MARÍA EGYPTIACA DRESSES IN GREY AND DOES
NOT WASH HER HANDS, 211

XXVI.--THE DEVOURING OGRE--CROUP, 222

XXVII.--THE MOTHER, 238

XXVIII.--THE MARQUIS DE FÚCAR ENJOYS THE SPECIAL
FAVOUR OF HEAVEN, 242

XXIX.--ERUNT DUO IN CARNE UNA, 253

XXX.--AN IRRUPTION OF THE BARBARIANS; ALARIC,
ATTILA, AND OMAR, 263

XXXI.--THE CRISIS, 275

XXXII.--REASON _versus_ PASSION, 293

LEON ROCH

LEON ROCH