C. Thème

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1. Being in Andalusia at the beginning of the autumn of 1830, Mérimée went on an excursion to look for the battlefield of Munda. 2. He had hired a guide and two horses in Cordova. 3. A certain day he was wandering about in the plain of Cachena, when he noticed, rather far from him, a spring. 4. A man was resting opposite the spring. 5. Mérimée asked him smilingly if he had disturbed his sleep. 6. Without answering him, the unknown man looked him over from head to foot. 7. Mérimée lay down on the grass and asked him if he did not have a lighter. 8. The Spaniard hastened to give him a light. 9. After lighting his cigar, Mérimée chose the best of those he had left, and asked the unknown man if he smoked. 10. “ Yes, sir,” he replied, sitting down facing the Frenchman, n. Mérimée offered him a cigar and told him he would find that one rather good. 12. The Spaniard began to smoke with great pleasure; it was a long time since he had smoked.