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1. On leaving prison José was put on guard, like a private, at the colonel’s door. 2. A carriage arrived, and Carmen got out. 3. There was an old Gipsy woman with her and an old man with a guitar. 4. That day José began to love her with his whole heart. 5. Carmen, in passing, said to him, in a very low tone, “Go to Lilias Pastia’s, in Triana.” 6. José went to Pastia’s, but first he had himself shaved. 7. When Carmen saw him she said, “Let’s go and take a walk.” 8. Carmen had just bought some oranges; a little farther on, José bought a loaf of bread, some sausage, and some bottles of wine. 9. Then they bought some conserved fruit. 10. Carmen and José stopped in that street before an old house. 11. Before entering, she rapped at a door on the ground floor; an old Gipsy woman let them in. 12. They spent the whole day together, eating, drinking, and

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dancing. 13. When evening came, José said to her, “I must go to quarters,” and asked her when he should see her again. 14. “When you are not so silly,” she cried, bursting out laughing. 15. Then she said, in a more serious tone, “Good-bye, don’t think of Carmen any more.”