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Caesar was listening to Uncle Chinaman with joy, when he saw two friars passing along the road below the balcony. "They are from the monastery of la Pena, I suppose," he said. The Chinaman looked out and replied: "One of them is the prior, Father Lafuerza. The other is an intriguing young chap who has been here only a short while." "Man, I have to see them," said Caesar.
Don Platon Peribanez, a silversmith in the Calle Mayor, represents the middle-class Conservatives; his people are less showy, but more in earnest and better disciplined; this Platonian or Platonic party is made up of chandlers, silversmiths, small merchants, and the poor priests. The friar, who represents the third Conservative nucleus, is Father Martin Lafuerza.
Father Martin Lafuerza was getting possession of too much land in Castro, and wanted everything to belong to his monastery. The Jesuits had learned of this and were sending young Moncada to undo the Franciscan friar's combinations and establish the reign of the Loyolists.
"Naturally. That is just what the pagans might have said to the Christians; and perhaps with reason, because Christianity, compared to paganism, was a retrogression." "That point we cannot discuss," said Father Lafuerza, getting up. Caesar got up too. "In spite of all this, I admire you, because I believe you are sincere," said Father Martin.
"Because it has a wild beast for a prior. Father Martin Lafuerza. He is famous all through this region. And he is a man of talent, there's no denying it, but despotic and exigent. He is into everything, catechizes the women, dominates the men. There is no way to fight against him.
The Conservatives at Castro Duro were ready to commit the greatest outrages and the most arbitrary acts so as to win by any methods. It was known that a committee consisting of Garcia Padilla, Father Martin Lafuerza, and two Conservative councillors had gone to the Minister of the Interior to beg that Caesar's victory might be prevented by whatsoever means.
The doctor looked at him over his glasses with fury, and began to walk up and down in the bookstore. Alzugaray went to the hotel, arranging in his memory the data collected. Caesar was feeling well, and the two of them talked of the bookseller and his friends and of Father Martin Lafuerza. "I am going to jot down all these points," said Caesar.
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