Word: manolo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subtle naivete, in ease of carriage and suavity of enunciation she recalls Mrs. Fiske--a Spanish Mrs. Fiske--plus always her own enchanting, voluble self. Mr. Walton Butterfield '20, as Don Santiago, the Governor, and Mr. Harding Scholle ocC., as Don Baldomero, the Multi of Moraleda, are unforgettable characters. Manolo, the "Governor's secretary, finds in Mr. Barton Leach '22 a winning address and, except for a certain insistent springiness of motion, an excellent lover. Mr. C. S. Howard's otherwise admirable Marquis of Torrelodones is marred somewhat by an irritating resemblance to Sam Bernard. This could easily be remedied...
Political and social intrigues figure prominently in the development of the plot. Besides the governor and his wife, Don Baldomero, a wealthy land-owner, and Manolo, the governor's private secretary, who is amorously inclined toward the governor's wife, are important characters in the story...