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The City of the Discreet

by Pío Baroja

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I — A conversation on the train
  3. 3Chapter II — O, oriental, romantic city!
  4. 4Chapter III — Infancy: sombre vestibule of life
  5. 5Chapter IV — Blue eyes, black eyes
  6. 6Chapter V — Noble and ancient ancestral homes!
  7. 7Chapter VI — Concerning an adventure of Quentin’s in the neighbourh…
  8. 8Chapter VII — In which is told the history of a tavern on Sierra Mo…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — A fight in an olive orchard
  10. 10Chapter IX — In which Señor Sabadía abuses words and wine
  11. 11Chapter X — Don Gil finishes his story
  12. 12Chapter XI — More incomprehensible than the heart of a grown woman,…
  13. 13Chapter XII — In search of a jewel-case
  14. 14Chapter XIII — A picnic and a ride
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Spring
  16. 16Chapter XV — Where his beautiful expectations went!
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The man of action begins to make himself known
  18. 18Chapter XVII — “I am a little Catiline”
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The tavern in the Calle del Bodegoncillo
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The pleasant ironies of reality
  21. 21Chapter XX — Philosophers without realizing the fact
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Juan talks
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Sticks, shots, and stones
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Pursuit and escape
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The victim of a feuilleton
  26. 26Chapter XXV — An abduction is prepared
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Explanations
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — In which a countess, a professional bandit, and a m…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The mason’s message
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — A conference
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Projects
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Night and day
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The city of the discreet
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — The departure
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — The end

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