El Penitente Elusivo - *ENGLISH

Chapter 10

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Chapter 2 - Translated

During the meal, Isabelita's family talks about the procession that begins in their parish this afternoon. The father explains to Teresa: "Teresa, in Seville there are groups that get confraternities or brotherhoods, they are religious groups and every year we gather for these processions of Holy Week. "What is the procession?" Teresa asks. "In each confraternity, there are steps that make up the procession, there are usually two raisins: one of the Virgin Mary and another of the Passion of Jesus Christ, the people of the brotherhood walk in front of or behind the steps, and other people walk behind; women for example. Teresa already knows that women are not members of a brotherhood; It is a group of only men. Then Teresa says: "It's like a religious parade." "This is not completely true," the father says. "For religious people of the brotherhood, like me, it is a religious experience, that is, during the hours of procession, and sometimes it is sixteen hours, I do not eat anything, I do not talk with my brothers in the cofradia, I walk without shoes and I do not rest During the procession, and if I have a special intention, I wear chains on my ankles or a wooden cross on my back.If I feel sick because I do not eat or because I am tired, it is possible to ask for help from a doctor in the group. That is the only reason to communicate with others during the procession, I just want to communicate with God." The mother comes with a tunic, a hood and a rope belt, the tunic is purple and the capirote and belt are white. "Thank you" the father tells his wife and explains to Teresa "It's time to get dressed for the procession". He leaves and in a few minutes he returns to the dining room. He asks Teresa, "What's wrong?" "Well, it's different, why do they wear clothes that are also religious?" "This Nazarene costume has a long history, it comes from the Medieval Age, we wear clothes like that because our procession and sacrifice is very personal between God and us, it is not necessary for another person to know that I am doing this. It is God, this suit protects my identity and preserves the intimate and serious dedication of the procession. "Interesting!" Teresa says. "Yes, but I have to leave, see you tomorrow, this year is special because we went out twice with the steps, today and Saturday, I do not know but I have the impression that something strange is going to happen.

Chapter 7 - Translated

Five minutes later Isabelita comes with a young priest. The priest gets on his knees to talk to the old man. "I am Father Ramirez, how can I serve you?" "I want to confess, father. When they hear these words, the girls go to the other side of the street and wait there. The old man begins to confess. "I am going to die soon and this year I want to confess and participate in Holy Week. It is the first time in more than forty years that I wear the costume of my brotherhood." "Be silent" says the priest. "It's better to talk slowly." the old man waits a few minutes because he is weak and can not talk much without resting. Then, continue: "My main goal is that many years ago I participated in a very large robbery and now I want to return what I steal very big and now I want to return what I stole before I die. "Why did you steal?" "Father, you know that during the Civil War many strange things happened." "It's true, they were difficult years for the fatherland, so what did you steal?" "I do not want to tell you now, do you have to give me absolution if I just confess to stealing in general?" "Yes, but you have to tell God and give me your regrets, you also have to promise that you will return what you stole." "I promise that to God and to you." The priest gives him the absolution and the blessing. The old one answers: Thank you very much, father. - You're welcome, brother. What's your name? -Pepe Morales. -You are from Seville? -Yes, I was born here. -And where do you live now? -In the field about ten kilometers from here. -Live alone? -Yes. -You can not go home in this condition. Come to my house to rest and sleep well. The house is a block away from here. Can you walk with help? -I think so. The priest calls the girls: "Girls, please help us." The priest takes one arm of the penitent and Teresa takes the other. The four walk slowly to the priest's house.

Chapter one- Translated

For Teresa this year is extraordinary. In November he meets his stepbrother for the first time, the son of his father whom he had never met. Later, her stepbrother steve and she look for and find the secret inheritance of her grandfather, who forbade Teresa's father to marry his first girlfriend, Teresa's mother. In December Teresa and Steve come to Spain with a cousin and a friend for the Christmas holidays. After the holidays, the others have to return to Mexico to continue their studies but Teresa decides to spend more time in Spain with relatives of her cousin Jose. In autumn she will return to Mexico to begin her studies at the university. Now he lives in Sevilla with the Ruiz family. It is an exceptional opportunity because the family has a daughter, Isabelita. She is the same age as Teresa. The two participate in many activities in the beautiful city of Sevilla. Today they walk to the center after the siesta to make some purchases for Easter. They pass through the huge cathedral with its famous Girlda, the symbol of Seville. The girls continue and go to the shopping area to do the shopping: candles for the processions and flowers to decorate the steps. They buy the candles in a religious store and the flowers in the market. Then they sit down to have a Coke in an outdoor cafe. "Teresa, there is nothing else like Seville during Holy Week and the April Fair," Says Isabelita. "Yes, Isabelita, I'm lucky to be in Seville this spring, Seville with its tall palm trees is very different from Madrid." Isabelita laughed and said: "And we say: 'Who has not seen Seville, has not seen wonder' In our opinion, Seville is the most beautiful city in the world and you will see it when it is more solemn during the Holy Week and more festive during the Fair. Teresa: "And the processions begin tomorrow, right?" Isabelita: "Yes, tomorrow, Palm Sunday."

Chapter 8

Half an hour after the departure of the girls, the priest arrives home. It is not yet time for the centa but the priest comes home to see the patient and talk to him. "How are you doing, sir?" the priest asks. "A little better, father, thank you" "I want her to stay here until she feels well." "More important to me is my past, do you have time to hear more about the theft?" "Why not!" The priest sits down and listens carefully to the senor. "Well, this afternoon the girls from last night brought me this box from my house, inside the box there is a map to find what I stole many years ago." "Are you going to tell me what you stole? "Yes, I think now I have to tell him and explain why he participated in this great robbery. First in Spanish of the notional clothes or Franco's troops. A group of Repulcans had the idea of ​​sending this treasure to Russia for protection there until the end of the war." "To Russia?" the priest exclaims. "That was also my reaction but the Republican troops received a lot of economic help from Russia and a certain group has the idea of ​​sending the money, that is, the gold to Russia." My friends and I had another opinion. "And what did they do?" the priest asks. "When ten thousand boxes of gold from the Banco de Espana in Madrid were moved to the port of Cartagena, I drove to Russia, my friends and I stole a truck with fifty gold boxes." "It was difficult, right?" "Yes, but it is not very difficult to steal it because there was a lot of confusion during those days, what was difficult was to bring it and hide it near Seville, an area of ​​the nationals, besides, the trucks of the thirties were not the same as the modern ones. "And your friends, where is it?" "One died during the robbery, the other was from Aracena and he had the idea of ​​hiding the gold in the mountains near his town, he lived alone there and could divide the gold every fifteen days until his death during the first years of the kingdom of Juan Carlos, I am the only one left. "How much gold did they steal?" "Each box measured 30 cm by 44cm by 13cm and contained 65 kilos of gold, in total, more than 3000 kilos of gold." "By God, only what you stole then was a fortune and today is worth much more, are the boxes still in the mountains?" "Yes, and not far from here. I want you and the girls go there tomorrow to find and see if everything is there. Then they have to present it to the King." "Very well but I must invite another person to help us." "It's fine but you should not invite any police, Civil Guard or ... invite another young and good priest like you." "Very well, I have one more question: Why do you hope so far to return the gold?" "When you're near death, you make changes in life, you see, father, and we always intended to return the money but only to a democrat Spain, so it was impossible to return during the years of Franco and I I was not sure of Juan Carlos's intentions until this time. "Very logical, sir." "Now I would like to receive communion" "The priest gives him the host." The old man sighs and falls asleep.The priest remains sitting unable to believe what he has just heard.

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Hi. I'm Gr8l3sbian, and thanks for using my quizlet translated book! This book is NOT mine. The story is NOT mine. The original book belongs to Kay Jarvis-Sladky. This is apparently the hardest book to understand in the series by this author. Some words were misspelled, mistyped, whatever. "Sevilla" sometimes was changed to "Seville". That's not my fault. Just remember that I wasted an entire weekend translating *TYPING* this whole book for you using this. I skipped chapter 10 because I then ran out of time to type it out. Be grateful for the rest of the book. Just so you know, reading this book in English will get you a better grade, but you WILL NOT GET BETTER AT SPANISH! ALSO, It's not my fault if you get in trouble for using this quizlet because you were too lazy to translate it for yourself or ask your teacher for help :P

Chapter 4 - Translated

It is six o'clock in the morning when Mr. Ruiz returns home after the long procession. He is tired and his feet and back hurt but he has the satisfaction of a person who has just cleaned his soul. There is only one problem. Quen is the extra penitent? The whole family sits down to breakfast and talks about the procession. "This year the brotherhood bought a new crown for the Virgin" Teresa explains. "And of course with the beautiful face and elegant hands, our Virgin is the most beautiful in Seville" boasts the mama. "Anyway, the procession was great as every year except ..." (the father) "What happened?" Mom asks. "I did not see anything strange." "There's an extra penitent, we're forty-five in the cofradia, we were forty-six last night." The extra man was wearing an old suit. Do not know him." "Who could it be?" Isabelita asks. "A spy, a politician .. In these days of political problems it is always good to pay attention to people like that." Why did not you ask for identification? "I do not have the right to ask for identification because he is wearing the official suit" the dad says. "But it can be a copy" says the mother. "It seems legitimate but old" observes dad. "I prefer to keep my silence but I have an idea." "What is it?" everyone asks "As you know, there is usually only one procession of steps for each parish, because this year our parish will have another one on Holy Saturday." "Yes, we already know," says the mother. "Well, if this penitent comes again, I want to know his identity without speaking to him during the procession but I need everyone's help" announces the dad. "What do we do?" everyone asks "If the mysterious penitent appears, I will indicate it to you and please follow him during the procession, I can be close to him, but when I leave the group, I can not follow him, I want you to follow him."

Chapter 5 - Translated

It is the last night of processions; on Holy Saturday. Mr. Ruiz is in his place in the procession with other members of the cofradiá. He looks at the partners and counts them. Yes, there is an extra one. Look more carefully and see a tall penitent in an old suit. The girls are next to the procession and the senor walks to the extra penitent and gets behind him. He indicates to the girls who is the extra penitent. Mr. Ruiz begins to walk next to the pincer. The two are in the last row. The girls are going to walk with the women immediately behind the penitents. Everything is ready to start: the candles, the flowers, the steps and the hobres that lead to the steps. A captain announces the beginning of the procession. They move down the street. Suddenly they stop and a woman on a balcony starts singing a strange song. Teresa whispers to Isabelita: "How strange! What is that?" "It's called an arrow, it's a religious song that they sing this week." "She is Christian?" Teresa asks. "The words, yes, but the music comes from the Moors." "The Moors?" "Yes, the people of Africa who occupied Spain for eight centuries from 711 to 1492. It is possible to see many things about the Moors here in Andalucia: the Alhambra in Granada, the Mosque in Cordoba and our Giralda in Seville." "Look, your dad talks to the penitent." Mr. Ruiz has just noticed that the penitent of more seems sick and weak and decides that in these circumstances he can break his silence. "Are you okay, brother?" the senor asks. "If you need a doctor, I can call one of the cofradia." The penitent keeps his silence and indicates that not while the girls whisper: "What happens?" Teresa asks. "I do not know, but we should pay more attention to the penitent, he seems sick, maybe he's old. When the arrow ends, the cofradia returns to walk and the penitent of more leaves the group. "Look Isabelita, there's him, come out early." "Yes, come on too."

Chapter 12

The girls arrive at the priest's house. The old man is excited but seems weaker today. The priest enters with a seminarian who will accompany them to the mountains. Everyone says goodbye to the old man and they get into the priest's car. While they go to the mountains, they talk about the old man and express their opinions about the theft. The priest only listens to the opinions of others because he can not tell them what he knows. Conversations and the trip takes a few hours. When they arrive, they look at the map again. According to the old man, what he stole is hidden in a cave. But the instructions of the old man are exact and soon they are where the beginning of the cave should be. They can not see anything. The mountain is covered with plants. Teresa, accustomed to the vegetation of the mountains of Mexico, begins to carefully touch the plants on the rock. She continues the raja and discovers that it is the beginning of a cave. "That's!" shouts Teresa. "We have to remove these plants, it would be better to wear gloves." "We do not have them and we have to work fast, this time, without gloves." The four work and remove the plants. Now you can see that a rock covers the cave. "Is it possible to move this?" Isabelita asks. "The old man did it, we can do it" Teresa contented. After a lot of work and shouting, they move the rock. The cave is not very big and it is necessary to get on your knees to enter. The cure crawls to enter. The cave is dark and humid inside. After accustoming the eyes to the darkness, it begins to move around the cave that does not seem too big. He hears a sound of water. In seal your electric flashlight for everything that is visible from the cave. He sees nothing except a lump in the background. Go there and shout to all: "Here it is!" There are many boxes covered in rags. The rags and boxes smell bad because of the humidity of the cave but when you open a box you see all kinds of gold. The girls and the seminarian enter. "Oh my God!" shouts Teresa. "The robbed gold!" From Spain, he told us. "The Spanish treasure!" exclaims the seminarian. "There have always been tales of gold sent to Russia." "I think they sent gold to Russia," the priest said. "But at least one part is here." The four decide that it is impossible to move those boxes in bad conditions of such a remote place. There is no other problem than informing the government to ask for help. The priest decides to call the King directly, a man already famous for his personal courage. Thanks to a call from the priest's house in Aracena, the priest has the opportunity to call the King directly. The King asks that they stay near the cave until their personal guards arrive by plane in the afternoon. The King himself will come to speak with the old man and express his gratitude. When the guiardias arrive, the girls return with the seminarian to give the good news to the old man and to prepare the sight of the King. They enter the priest's house in Seville and shout: "Sir, we found the gold and the King is going to have it in his possession very soon and ..." "Your Highness, Juan Carlos, comes to speak personally with you." exclaims the other. The old man is asleep on the sofa; Do not open your eyes. Upon hearing the screams, the maid enters and looks at the old man and says "I already knew your King." Everyone gets on their knees

Chapter 6 - Translated

The penitent walks fast but it is evident that he is not very strong. The girls run to follow him. The only problem is that there are many people who watch the procession and it is difficult to see the penitent at every moment. But the girls continue and finally are a few meters behind the penitent in a street without people. Suddenly he falls. The girls run to help him. "Sir, are you okay?" "Yes, water please," the penitent pleads. The penitent climbs the hood and the girls see a handsome old man. Isabelita goes to a house that is nearby and asks for water while Teresa talks to the old man. "My friend comes immediately with the water, you must rest." Teresa helps the man to be more comfortable. Isabelita comes fast with a water jug. The penitent takes the water but it does not seem very good. He looks sick, tired and weak. "It's better?" Teresa asks. "A little, but I do not need a cure, do not talk to a doctor, a priest is the only person who can help me now." "Lord, rest you." Says Isabelita. "And Teresa, stay here with him, I'll be right back, it will not be difficult to find a priest during Holy Week." Isabelita leaves in a hurry. With the help of Teresa, the penitent takes a little more water. Then, start sleeping. Teresa waits with the old man Isabelita and the priest.

Chapter 9

The same afternoon the girls return to the priest's house. The old man waits for them although he is very tired. "You have it?" The lord asks. -Here you have it .. they say and they give you the box. -Thank you. Talk problems? -No, just our nerves. -It's natural - the old man replies. The man admires the box and takes out a small key from the pocket. He gives them the key and the box and says - Open it, please. The old man looks at the girls while they open the box. - So young ... you have all your life to enjoy our great homeland. -You are very pratriotico, senor (Teresa) - Yes, since I was very young I wanted to see Spain as a republic or democracy. Therefore, fight with the Republicans during the Civil War. -My grandfather fought for the nationals, Franco's troops - says Isabelita. -As almost all Sevillians - explains the old man. -I was and I am different. Teresa played a little with the key and the lock. The box is old and it is a bit difficult to open at the beginning. -That's it- Teresa announces and gives the box to the Lord. = Well, it's a map ... of Aracena

Chapter 3 - Translated

This year the steps of the brotherhood of Mr. Ruiz will leave the church of his parish at four in the afternoon on Palm Sunday. They will walk through the streets of Seville until they reach the Town Hall and finally the Cathedral. Afterwards, they will return to their parish. All this procession is not going fast because the steps do not use modern engines but human effort. Mr. Ruiz is in the last row of his brotherhood. Everyone is ready to leave the church and start the long and impressive procession. Mr. Ruiz, a very exact man, tells the people of the cofradia. There are forty-five partners but it counts forty-six. How is it possible? How many times again? Forty-six! Look at everyone. Note that a member is wearing an old suit and it seems that he has not used it for many years. Who? Mr. Ruiz knows all of his brotherhood. He is a partner of about twenty years and knows everyone by his form even under the suit. This form is rare and the old suit. He does not want to speak because of his promise of silence. The procession begins and Mr. Ruiz returns to his personal thoughts of Holy Week. He also uses the cries of the people when the Virgin passes. "My Virgin, my Virgin ... I'll throw you a kiss!"