The crowd

At three in the morning, the first carriages from the mountain range began arriving at the Mix House in Los Cuatro Caminos. They were leaving Colmenar at nine, with a load of jugs of milk, traveling all night in the icy rain that seemed to be winter's last farewell. The carriage drivers wanted to arrive in Madrid before daylight, so that they could be the first to have their goods measured. The wagons were lined up, and the animals were receiving the rain that was trickling through their ea...