I must copy the inscription on the sword which Tato presented to Lagartijo, as a specimen of Tauromachian literature:- "If, as philosophers say, gratitude is the tribute of noble souls, accept, dear Lagartijo, this present; preserve it as a sacred relic, for it symbolizes the memory of my glories, and is at the same time the mute witness of my misfortune.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay