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Article: Seduced by the spell of Seville.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2001
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Byline: MAX DAVIDSON
MY girlfriend, a woman of principle, would come to Seville only on one condition. 'You promise not to take me to a bullfight,' she said.
I have never made an easier promise. It was like taking a pledge not to strangle puppies.
Ah, the fickleness of women!
Just three hours after getting off the plane, she was plucking winsomely at my sleeve. 'Darling, how do you feel about going to the bullfight tonight?' Seville had got to her. It was all I could do to stop her buying a flamenco dress and singing arias from Carmen.
You cannot move in the city without reminders of its most infamous pastime.
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