C. Thème

1. The next day José decided to leave Gibraltar without seeing Carmen again, but he lost his courage and ran to her house. 2. “Listen,” she said to him, “it is a question of having Garcia put out of the way.” 3. He said no, he hated Garcia, but he was his comrade. 4. “Some day I will rid you of him,” he added, “ but we shall settle our accounts in my way.” 5. “You do not love me, ”she said to him, “go away.” 6. When she said to him “Go away,” he could not (go away). 7. He promised her to go back to his comrades and to wait for her. 8. Then he returned to Gaucin, found Garcia, and invited him to play cards. 9. When Garcia cheated, José struck him in the throat with his knife, and Garcia fell on his face. 10. That day José won Carmen again, and his first words were to tell her that she was a widow, n. He spoke to her of living respectably in the New World, but she made fun of him.