Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.
- Thomas Allibone Janvier
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![not precisely pattern herself upon Santa Lucia: knowing that without them she could not see how Don Martin stood the test that she meant to put him to; and, also, very likely remember¬ ing that Santa Lucia miraculously got her eyes back again, and got them back even more beautiful than when she lost them: because, you see, they came back filled with the light of heaven—where the angels had been taking care of them until they should be returned. Therefore Dona Beatrice bound a wet hand¬ kerchief over her eyes—that she might keep the sight in them to see how Don Martin stood his testing; and, also, that she might spare the angels the inconvenience of caring for them— and then she fanned and fanned the fire in the brazier until the purring of it made her know that the coals were in a fierce blaze. And then, Senor, she plunged her beautiful face down into the very heart of the glowing coals! And it was at that same instant—though Dona Beatrice, of course, did not know about that part of the matter—that the Street of the Burned Woman got its name. Being managed under the guidance and with the approval of Santa Lucia, the cruelty that [57]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31349043_0095.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
