Vulgar words in The Spanish Jade (Page 1)

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THE SPANISH JADE CHAPTER I THE PLEASANT ERRAND Into the plain beyond Burgos, through the sunless glare of before-dawn; upon a soft-padding ass that cast no shadow and made no sound; well upon the stern of that ass, and with two bare heels to kick him; alone in the immensity of Castile, and as happy as a king may be, rode a young man on a May morning, singing to himself a wailing, winding chant in the minor which, as it had no end, may well have had no beginning.

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"Damn him!

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Oh, damn the stones!"

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A young girl, riding an ass, had come to the church of the convent, where he happened to be, cleaning the sanctuary.

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'E say 'damn your eyes' all the time; and call me 'Little devil' just the same.

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"Damn it all," he said to himself, "I've got that tangle out at last."

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