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She said the archpriest and my wife had talked one day about whether it would be a good idea to take me back in and throw Frenchy out ; and they discussed the pros and cons of it . But their discussion was not so secret that the bridegroom did n't hear it . He pretended he had n't heard a thing , and the next morning he went to work at the olive grove . At noon , when his wife and mine brought his lunch out to him , he pulled off all her clothes , tied her to the trunk of a tree , and gave her more than a hundred lashes . And still not satisfied , he made all her clothes into a bundle , took off her jewelry , and walked away with it all , leaving her tied up , naked and bleeding . She would undoubtedly have died there if the archpriest had n't sent someone looking for her . The lady also told me she was absolutely sure that if I arranged for somebody to ask her , she would welcome me back , because she had heard my Elvira say , `` Poor me , why did n't I take back my good Lazaro ?