Lección 6 --- La Historia

1.

Raquel takes the train from Sevilla to Madrid.

2.

The train leaves at eleven thirty in the morning.

3.

The trip is going to last six and one-half hours.

4.

The train is going to arrive in Madrid at six in the afternoon.

5.

In the train Raquel is alone and starts to write on her computer.

6.

But, during the trip, a man enters her compartment.

7.

He's a television reporter. His name is Alfredo Sánchez.

8.

Alfredo believes that Raquel is a Mrs. Díaz, a teacher who is a lottery winner.

9.

He wants to interview her.

10.

Raquel doesn't know what he's talking about.

11.

She tells him that she's not a teacher, but a lawyer from the United States.

12.

Alfredo leaves the compartment and goes to look for Mrs. Díaz.

13.

Another gentleman enters the compartment and sits down.

14.

Raquel is reading a Spanish novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha, one of the most important novels in Spanish literature.

15.

Now Raquel is hungry. She goes to look for something to eat.

16.

She would like a ham sandwich and a small bottle of red wine.

17.

How much is it? It's four hundred seventy pesetas.

18.

Alfredo is also hungry. He's going to eat a sausage sandwich and some olives.

19.

How much is it? It's three hundred eighty pesetas.

20.

Raquel and Alfredo talk. Alfredo sees another possible topic for a feature.

21.

But Raquel reveals nothing more to him about don Fernando and his secret.

22.

During the rest of the trip, Raquel talks with the gentleman in her compartment.

23.

They talk about many things.

24.

When the train arrives in Madrid, Raquel is going to take a taxi to the hotel.

25.

Alfredo accompanies her to the taxi and sees the envelope of the letter with don Fernando's name.

26.

Alfredo calls his office to learn more about don Fernando.

27.

He follows Raquel's taxi because he would like to know more about the case.