71
«Joaquín -le dije-, no andes con Paúl, que la compañía de ese hombre te perderá. ¿Por qué di este consejo a Balbona? Todo no puedo decíroslo de una vez» (III, 966).
72
«Yo le quiero; no puedo olvidar que me ayudó y sirvió, mostrando un corazón más grande que la copa de un pino» (III, 948). Cf. Paúl's own words, indignantly denying the possibility that Prim could have accused him: «...a mí, a quien el general Prim quería como a un hijo (textual)» (José Paúl y Angulo, Los asesinos del general Prim, p. 80).
73
See Ricardo Muñiz, Apuntes, II, 189-194. H. Chonon Berkowitz lists the first volume of Muñiz' Apuntes in Galdós' library, although he gives the title erroneously as Apuntes históricos sobre la revolución de 1860 [sic] (La biblioteca de Benito Pérez Galdós [Las Palmas, 1951], pp. 85-86). There is no doubt in my mind that Galdós had access to the second volume of the Apuntes, that dealing with Prim's death. There are frequent references to Muñiz in the final pages of España trágica. Galdós takes from Muñiz the description of the warning letters, relates Muñiz advice to Prim to attend the masonic banquet, and adapts from Muñiz Prim's words to his wife after the attempt on his life: «No me toques... Estoy herido» (España trágica, III, 1002; Muñiz, Apuntes, II, 194). Later, in Amadeo I, Muñiz is cited as an oral source by Galdós for the description of Amadeo's visit to Prim's widow (Amadeo I, III, 1010). There were of course other sources for Galdós account of the murder; such details as the conspirators' signalling with matches and the icy weather conditions, not present in Muñiz, could have been taken from the account of such a historian as Orellana (Historia del General Prim, II, 1055-1056).
74
«...sonó una voz que la víctima reconoció ser la de Paúl y Angulo, según nos dijo al Sr. Moreno Benítez y a mí, que gritó enérgicamente 'fuego'.» (Muñiz, Apuntes, II, 194.) For a brief discussion of the mysterious aspects of Muñiz testimony, see Rivas Santiago, «Misterios sobre la muerte de Prim», pp. 7-9.
75
The similarity of patronymics between the historical Bernardo García and Galdós' fictional Segismundo García is surely intentional.
76
See footnote 3. Prim's banter with the deputies occurs in España trágica, III, 1001. Galdós quotes Prim's words to the deputy: «Que haya juicio. Llegado el caso, tendré la mano muy dura», but suppresses the deputy's reply. The scene is more fully described in Orellana, II, 1054.
77
B. Pérez Galdós, Política española, Obras inéditas, IV (Madrid, 1923), 237.
78
Galdós' tentative linking of Catholic extremists with the murderers of Prim, although an obvious example of novelistic hindsight, may have been inspired by clerical rhetoric. Catholic groups were, apparently, never suspected of complicity in the murder; however, two historian priests held that the «designios de la justicia providencial» were fulfilled by the death of Prim who had given the throne of the «reyes católicos» to the «hijo del carcelero del Papa.» (Eduardo Maria Villarrosa and José Ildefonso Gatell, Historia de la revolución de setiembre [Barcelona, 1875], II, 34S.) Cf. Domiciana's prediction of Prim's assassination as part of «la grande ira del Altísimo por los ultrajes que se le hacen» (España trágica, III, 936).
79
The sole mention of Zorrilla, and this only in passing, occurs with reference to his support of the election of Amadeo (España trágica, III, 989).
80
The sole mention of Zorrilla, and this only in passing, occurs with reference to his support of the election of Amadeo (España trágica, III, 989).