xxxv
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Development of character
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xxxv
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Merits of the work
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PROLOGUE
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Lazaro’s reason for relating all the circumstances of his life
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1
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Motives not to gain money but to win fame
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2
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Success of the poor should be a lesson to the rich
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3
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I
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LAZARO RELATES THE WAY OF HIS BIRTH AND TELLS WHOSE SON HE IS
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Parentage of Lazaro
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4
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Reason of his surname
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4
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Death of father. Mother in service
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6
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Stepfather. Little brown brother
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6
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Living on stolen goods
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7
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Helps at the inn
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8
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FIRST MASTER
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HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A BLIND MAN
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Service with the blind man
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11
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Farewell to his mother
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11
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Cruel trick of the blind man
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12
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Sagacity of the blind man
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15
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The blind man’s resources and avarice
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16
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Inside of the knapsack
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17
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Contrivance with half blancas
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17
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Ways of getting at the wine
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18
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Blind man’s cruel revenge
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19
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Coolness between them
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20
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Lazaro beaten. Blind man in the mud
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21
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Sharing a bunch of grapes
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22
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Trouble about the sausage
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25
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Lazaro’s revenge
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28
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SECOND MASTER
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HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CLERGYMAN, AND OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO HIM
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Out of the frying-pan into the fire
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31
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Nothing to eat in the house
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31
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Lazaro sinking into the silent tomb
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32
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Stinginess of the clergyman
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33
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Lazaro longs for the funeral feasts
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33
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An angel in form of a locksmith
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35
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Lazaro happy for a time
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35
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The priest counts the loaves
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36
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It was the rats
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37
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Rat-hole boarded up
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38
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Rat-hole reappears
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41
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Lazaro undid the repairs at night
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41
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Rat-trap adds cheese to Lazaro’s meal
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42
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It must be a snake
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42
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The key turns traitor
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43
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Lazaro half killed, and shown the door
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44
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THIRD MASTER
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HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A GENTLEMAN, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM
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Lazaro reaches Toledo and seeks for a master
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47
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He enters the service of an esquire
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48
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Taken to the esquire’s house
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51
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Nothing to eat in the house
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51
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Trouble ahead about food
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52
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Shares his bread with his master
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53
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Philosophical views of starvation
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55
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A wretched night
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55
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The esquire’s outward appearance
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56
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Secrets under the esquire’s cloak
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59
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Lazaro goes for water. What he sees
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60
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Lazaro waits for his master and food
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61
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Successful begging expedition
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61
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What touches the esquire’s honour
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