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Se creyó obligada a permanecer <strong>de</strong><br />

rodillas todavía un gran rato. Seguía<br />

pringando. Ya la luz dorada, aquella luz<br />

<strong>de</strong> lejana quemasón, se bía extinguido.<br />

La virgen blanca, que tenía las manos<br />

juntas, bía quedado en el hoyo oscuro,<br />

como una luna enferma. El farol <strong>de</strong><br />

vidrio echaba sangre sobre las peñas.<br />

La Can<strong>de</strong>laria se persinó <strong>de</strong>spacito;<br />

dulce y humil<strong>de</strong>, se alejó, pegadita<br />

al cerco, por el camino oscuro. Ya no<br />

lloraba y apresuraba cada vez más el<br />

paso, para llegar al pueblo. Sombras<br />

con zapatos pasaban presurosas a su<br />

lado, haciéndola estremecerse <strong>de</strong> temor<br />

por un <strong>de</strong>smando <strong>de</strong> los hombres. A la<br />

entrada <strong>de</strong>l pueblo, frente a la puerta<br />

en luz <strong>de</strong> la primera casa, se <strong>de</strong>tuvo.<br />

—Noches le dé Dios, ña Tona...<br />

—Noches te dé Dios, Can<strong>de</strong>.<br />

¡Avemariapurísima, hastoy venís?<br />

—Sí pué; es que se me ojreció pasar a<br />

la gruta, pa pedirle a la virgen, porque<br />

¡emagínese que se mestán muriendo<br />

los cuchitos!...<br />

196. Ma<strong>de</strong> the sign of the cross.<br />

113<br />

She felt obligated to remain on her<br />

knees for a long while. It continued<br />

drizzling. The gol<strong>de</strong>n light, that massive<br />

and distant light, was fading. The white<br />

Virgin, with her hands together, stayed<br />

in the dark cave, like a sick moon. The<br />

glass lantern cast blood over the cliffs.<br />

Can<strong>de</strong>laria slowly persignated, 196 sweet<br />

and humble, she went away along the<br />

fence by the dark path. She no longer<br />

cried and she hurried faster with each<br />

step to get to the town. Shadows with<br />

shoes were passing by in a hurry at her<br />

si<strong>de</strong> making her tremble with fear from<br />

the audacity of men. At the entrance of<br />

the town, at the lighted door of the first<br />

house, she stopped.<br />

“Evenin’, Señora. Tona…”<br />

“Good evening, Can<strong>de</strong>. Hail Mary! Why<br />

so late?”<br />

“Well, it occurred to me to go to the<br />

grotto, to pray to the Virgin because,<br />

you won’t believe this… all my little<br />

piggies are dying!

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