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«You should have seen the way they looked at each other after
40 years of marriage! You saw a fresh, cheerful couple, as if just
engaged». (García Arenillas, a friend of the couple)

«They were such a simple couple. They didn’t accomplish great
feats, but their gestures conveyed love». (Isabel Bueno, the Alvira
family’s baby sitter)

«When he was already quite old, not long before he died, one
of my sisters, in my presence, jokingly said to my father: well, since
you have been married for so many years, you do not care so much
for mother. I think that was the only time I ever saw my father’s face
whiten and he said, “I love her more and more every day, and much
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more than when we were engaged.”». (Rafael Alvira)

«One afternoon a week, I think on Thursdays, my father would
come home early from work and go with my mother, usually to the
theater, which they loved, or to see a movie or have dinner out together.
We would stay home with an aunt. So they had the opportunity to be
together alone and they never missed it». (Rafael Alvira)

«Day after day, we so desired to be like them. My father paid
incredible attention to my mother. He was crazy about her. We had
seen this since we were children and, of course, it made us happy, it
gave us a great confidence […] The mutual love they had was evident
and it was also evident that it continued to grow». (Rafael Alvira)

«They treated each other with a great deal of fondness and,
above all, with a kindness that to us, who were still a young couple
with so many things to learn, was a great example». (The Arenillas’,
a couple of friends)