"You must give me your word of honour that, at the end of a year,
you will give me half the child that Marie Louise will bear to you."
He promises it, and he takes him and carries him to the door of Marie
Louise's house. This angel was the soul which he had saved of the man
who was lying at the gates of the church for his debts. He asks for
alms. Marie Louise's father was very charitable; they therefore give
him something. He asks again if they would not let him go in to warm
himself at the fire. They tell him "No," that he would be in the way
on that day. They go and ask the master, and the master bids them to
let him come in and to give him a good dinner.
Marie Louise was already married when Juan Dekos arrived. He had
a handsome handkerchief which Marie Louise had given him, and when
she passed he showed it in such a way that she could not help seeing
it. She saw it clearly, and after looking closely at him she recognises
Juan Dekos. Marie Louise goes to find her father, and says to him:
"Papa, you must do me a pleasure."
"Yes, yes, if I can do so."
"You see that poor man? I wish to have him to dine with us to-day."