The main character of this story strokes a cat, but thinks that the contact is an illusion, since the cat lives in the "eternity of the instant," unlike humans. The narrator's statement that "reality favors symmetries and slight anachronisms" may be ironic, under the interpretation that the latter half of this story is actually a hallucination. A shopkeeper tells the main character to ignore a group of men who spit breadcrumbs at him, but he turns to face them instead, leading to the climactic event of this story, which occurs after someone tosses him a dagger, which he feels will "merely serve to justify his murder." The main character of this story contracts septicemia after hitting his forehead on a beam while eagerly examining a copy of the Arabian Nights, and 
The main character of this story strokes a cat, but thinks that the contact is an illusion, since the cat lives in the "eternity of the instant," unlike humans. The narrator's statement that "reality favors symmetries and slight anachronisms" may be ironic, under the interpretation that the latter half of this story is actually a hallucination. A shopkeeper tells the main character to ignore a group of men who spit breadcrumbs at him, but he turns to face them instead, leading to the climactic event of this story, which occurs after someone tosses him a dagger, which he feels will "merely serve to justify his murder." The main character of this story contracts septicemia after hitting his forehead on a beam while eagerly examining a copy of the Arabian Nights, and as a result travels to the title location, where he gets into a knife fight with a gaucho. For 10 points, name this Jorge Luis Borges short story about Juan Dahlmann.
The main character of this story strokes a cat, but thinks that the contact is an illusion, since the cat lives in the "eternity of the instant," unlike humans.
"The South" [or "El Sur"]