Only as many as can fit in a small cutter and a long-boat are saved. In spite of everything the crew can do, the ship finally goes down with most of its passengers. Not long after the ship leaves port, a violent storm drives it off its course. Donna Inez decides that her son should spend the next four years traveling.ĭon Juan embarks on a ship bound for Leghorn, Italy, where his family has relatives. The sequel to these events is that Donna Julia is sent to a convent and Don Alfonso sues for divorce. In the fight that ensues, Juan strikes Alfonso on the nose and makes his escape. Don Juan, who has been hidden under the heap of bedclothes, prepares to make his escape by a back exit and runs into Don Alfsonso. Don Alfsonso soon returns to apologize and happens to find a pair of men's shoes in his wife's bedroom. While searching, Don Alfonso becomes the target of a tirade of abuse from his wife. Don Alfonso and his followers search Donna Julia's suite for a lover but find none. When he enters the room, his wife and her maid are ready for him the bedclothes have been piled up in a heap on the bed. In November of that year Don Alfonso comes one night to the bedroom of his wife accompanied by a crowd of his friends. One midsummer evening the two declare their love for each other. When Juan is sixteen, Donna Julia falls in love with the handsome young man and finds opportunities to be in his company.

She saw to it that he received a thorough training in the arts and sciences but took great care that he should learn nothing about the basic facts of life.Īmong Donna Inez's friends is Donna Julia, the young and beautiful wife of Don Alfonso, a middle-aged man incapable of engaging her affections. The education of Juan became the primary interest of his mother. Donna Inez was on the point of suing her husband for divorce when he died of a fever. Juan's parents did not get along well with each other because Don José was interested in women rather than in knowledge and was unfaithful to Donna Inez. Don Juan was born in Seville, Spain, the son of Don José, a member of the nobility, and Donna Inez, a woman of considerable learning.

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