Salones grandes- camas de
luxo- colchones de pluma (grand saloons- luxurious sleeping rooms-
beds of down). Ah, senores, you will fare like King Chico in the
Alhambra."
"And how will my horses fare?" cried Sancho.
"Like King Chico's horses. Chocolate con leche y bollos para
almuerza" ("chocolate and milk with sugar cakes for breakfast"),
giving the squire a knowing wink and a leer.
After such satisfactory accounts nothing more was to be desired on
that head. So we rode quietly on, the squab little notary taking the
lead, and turning to us every moment with some fresh exclamation about
the grandeurs of Granada and the famous times we were to have at the
posada.
Thus escorted, we passed between hedges of aloes and Indian figs,
and through that wilderness of gardens with which the Vega is
embroidered, and arrived about sunset at the gates of the city. Our
officious little conductor conveyed us up one street and down another,
until he rode into the courtyard of an inn where he appeared to be
perfectly at home. Summoning the landlord by his Christian name, he
committed us to his care as two caballeros de mucho valor, worthy of
his best apartments and most sumptuous fare. We were instantly
reminded of the patronizing stranger who introduced Gil Blas with such
a flourish of trumpets to the host and hostess of the inn at
Pennaflor, ordering trouts for his supper, and eating voraciously at
his expense.
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