Meanwhile,
Sanchez de Toca continues to talk nonsense in these parts, and is
considered by some to be one of the bulwarks of the country.
I could spin many a tale of tyranny in high places, and almost as many,
no doubt, of the pettinesses of workingmen. But what is the good? Why
stir up my bile? In progressive incarnations, I have now passed through
those of baker and petty tradesman. I am no longer an employer who
exploits the workingman, nor can I see that I ever did so. If I have
exploited workers merely because I employed them, all that was some time
ago. I support myself by my writings now, although it is quite proper to
state that I live on very little.
XII
AS A WRITER
My pre-literary career was three-fold: I was a student for eight years,
during two a village doctor, and for six more a baker.
These having elapsed, being already close upon thirty, I began to write.
My new course was a wise one. It was the best thing that I could have
done; anything else would have annoyed me more and have pleased me less.
I have enjoyed writing, and I have made some money, although not much,
yet it has been sufficient to enable me to travel, which otherwise I
should not have been able to do.
The first considerable sum which I received was upon the publication of
my novel _The Mayorazgo of Labraz_.
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