Purity of Blood

The shadow that comes to end day’s reverieWill bring the dark, and close my eyelids fast,Enabling this soul of mine, at last,To slough off anguish and anxiety.

That darkness, though, will not leave memoryOn that far shore where once it brightly blazed,Instead, my flame will burn through icy wavesTo flout the laws of death’s finality.

Soul, in which a godhead was enclosed,Veins, through which a humor’s fire arose,Marrow, the seat of earthly passion’s reign,

Will fly the body, but quiddity retain;Though ash, they will have sensibility,Be dust enamored through eternity.

Table of Contents

Cover

Copyright

Contents

I. SEÑOR QUEVEDO’S DIFFICULT MOMENT

II. THE NECK AND THE NOOSE

III. MADRID STEEL

IV. THE ASSAULT

V. IN GOD’S NAME

VI. SAN GINÉS ALLEY

VII. MEN OF ONE BOOK

VIII. A NOCTURNAL VISIT

IX.AUTO - DA - FÉ

X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

EPILOGUE