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r. Mérimée invited the stranger to take some slices of ham. 2. He devoured the ham; in fact, he had not eaten for fortyeight hours. 3. Mérimée was going to take leave of his new friend, when he asked him where he expected to spend the night. 4. Mérimée answered that he was going to the Raven Inn. 5. “A bad lodging,” said the Spaniard, “but permit me to go with you.” 6. “Very gladly,” replied Mérimée, who did not fear a man who had eaten and drunk with him. 7. They arrived at the inn, which was one of the most wretched that

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Mérimée had ever seen. 8. After eating, don José sang a Basque air. 9. He had just put his mandolin on the ground beside him when the guide asked Mérimée to follow him to the stable. 10. He wished Mérimée to see the horse, n. Mérimée replied that he understood nothing about horses and that he wanted to sleep. 12. “There is nothing the matter with the horse,” said don José to Mérimée.