During my childhood there must have been frequent references made at home to the Carlists, as my earliest memories are all about the events in which they played a key role. () I remember talks about a new Carlist uprising forthcoming.〔indeed around 1899-1901 rumors about another Carlist war were widespread, with some government circles and press titles getting hysterical, see Agustín Fernández Escudero, ''El marqués de Cerralbo (1845–1922): biografía politica'' (thesis ), Madrid 2012, p. 387. The unrest boiled down to few isolated 1900 incidents in Catalonia, known as La Octubrada, compare here〕 At that time I imagined that they were hiding all around Vitoria, waiting for a sign to jump out of their hideouts and capture the city.〔Vitoria was indeed captured by the Carlists, though as late as July 1936; for detailed socio-cultural analysis of those who “jumped out of their hideouts and captured the city” see Javier Ugarte Tellería, ''La nueva Covadonga insurgente: orígenes sociales y culturales de la sublevación de 1936 en Navarra y el País Vasco'', Madrid 1998, ISBN 847030531X, 9788470305313, the chapter dealing with Alavese Carlism, ''La ciudad acoge a la aldea'' pp. 165-228, especially the sections ''Verano del 36: la frialidad de Vitoria'' and ''Vitoria: capital de segundo orden'', pp. 188-226〕 Each time I was looking at the nearby mountains from the window of my house – located at the intersection of Estacion and Florida streets – I imagined they were full of Carlists. At night I was dreaming about the Carlists. The image of my father is always related to the Carlists – I hardly remember him the way I used to see him every day. Usually when I think of my father, I see a young man in a cavalry outfit, with a carefully grown beard and a gutsily worn Carlist beret. This image is undoubtedly derived from his war photographs that we had at home.〔 Hidalgo de Cisneros 1961, p. 11〕