monday 7 in the evening
Good-by ! '' `` If I do n't die first , '' added Elias in a low voice . Exchanges The bashful Linares was anxious and ill at ease . He had just received from Doña Victorina a letter which ran thus : DEER COZIN within 3 days i expec to here from you if the alferes has killed you or you him i dont want anuther day to pass befour that broot has his punishment if that tim passes an you havent challenjed him ill tel don santiago you was never segretary nor joked with canobas nor went on a spree with the general don arseño martinez ill tel clarita its all a humbug an ill not give you a sent more if you challenje him i promis all you want so lets see you challenje him i warn you there must be no excuses nor delays yore cozin who loves you VICTORINA DE LOS REYES DE DE ESPADAÑA sampaloc monday 7 in the evening The affair was serious . He was well enough acquainted with the character of Doña Victorina to know what she was capable of . To talk to her of reason was to talk of honesty and courtesy to a revenue carbineer when he proposes to find contraband where there is none , to plead with her would be useless , to deceive her worse -- there was no way out of the difficulty but to send the challenge . `` But how ?