text:  It was observed also that many of those persons who had at first loudly blamed him for risking his neck and that of his daughter and niece in order to enjoy a purer atmosphere than could be inhaled in the dusty streets of Logrono at length gathered so much courage from his example as to accompany him out to the _Retiro_ and eat his excellent dinners and empty his cobweb-covered bottles without allowing their fear of the Carlists to diminish their thirst or disturb their digestion