Crossword-Solution: DAMASO 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

AFTERMATH DEO GRATIAS INTRODUCTION "Tirant lo Blanc is the best European novel of the fifteenth century," says Damaso Alonso in his excellent study.(1) Miguel de Cervantes, writing from the 17th century, affirms: "as far as style is concerned, this is the best book in the world."(2) If this is so, why has the novel all but disappeared from view? Some place the blame on the language of the original: Catalan, whose literature is not widely read in the original tongue.

The lieutenant wrinkled his eyebrows a little more and the small man nodded toward Fray Damaso equivocally.

Let a few months pass and you will change your opinion, after you have attended a lot of fiestas and _bailúhan_, slept on cots, and eaten your fill of _tinola_." "Ah, is this thing that you call _tinola_ a variety of lotus which makes people--er--forgetful?" "Nothing of the kind!" exclaimed Fray Damaso with a smile.

But my superiors did it for the good of the Orders for my own good." Fray Damaso, for the first time that evening, seemed to be very thoughtful.

During the absence of Padre Damaso from San Diego, his coadjutor buried the body of an extremely worthy individual--yes, sir, extremely worthy, for I had had dealings with him many times and had been entertained in his house.