Anastasio uttered a cry of surprise and stepped forward to shake hands with the little fat man wearing a charro suit and a lavender bandanna.

Patricia Charro, a student from Spain, is on an exchange at the University of Bologna.

Why, he never even thanked me, that I can remember, and my pay is no more than Charron's!

Christie's will also offer a set of 12 paintings, dated from 1900 to 1921, depicting charros, or skilled Mexican horsemen and rodeo riders.