cally. For example, when he stole the sausage off the blind's man's pan and replaced it with a turnip, his master almost killed him. However, Lazarillo described the incident as though he were truly innocent: "I swore blind I had nothing to do with it, but it was no use. I couldn't hide anything from that evil old man" (34; ch. 1).
The way Lazarillo left the old man also testified to his own brutality. Knowing that the blind man was dependent on him for his vision, Lazarillo deceived the blind man into leaping into a pillar and left the blind man in an unconscious state (37; ch. 1).
However, it is important to note that Lazarillo only acted vengefully towards his
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