Crossword-Solution: SEVILLANAS 10 letters, 6 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

After the supper they drank cognac and brandy, the priest played the guitar, Irene danced _sevillanas_ with less grace than a bricklayer, as the landlady said; the Superman sang some _fados_ that he had learned in Portugal, and the Biscayan, not to be outdone, burst forth into some _malagueñas_ that might just as well have been a _cante flamenco_ or the Psalms of David.

The Spanish officers being the hosts were, of course, least talkative, though the Comandante--vain as any young sub who wore his epaulettes for the first time--could not refrain from alluding occasionally to his terrible list of _bonnes fortunes_ among the fair Sevillanas.

Relics of the Moors--Ruins of the Watch-tower of Melgarejo _To face_ 6 Fair Sevillanas 8 A _choza:_ the home of the Andalucian peasant 13 iii.

CHAPTER III—TOWN LIFE IN SPAIN Toledo, the Type of the Spanish City—Its Architectural Monuments—The Intermingling of Arab and Christian Art—Granada—The Alhambra—Cordova—The Great Mosque—Seville, the City of Pleasure—The Special Character of the Streets—The _Cafés_ and Shops—The Typical Andalusian—The Parks—The _Sevillanas_—Spanish Courtship—The Houses of Seville—The _Patios_—The Home-life of the Sevillians—Spanish Hospitality.

The _majos_ cast languishing glances upon them as they walk to and fro, and compliments are given: “Oh, Jesus, what an air!” “Happy is the mother that bore thee!” “Your eyes are as runaway stars that would rather shine in your face than in the heavens!” The _Sevillanas_ smile and chatter together; this play of love is a part of the accustomed homage which is their due.