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At her side were her two friends and Andeng with a bouquet of tuberoses. De Espadaña felt her pulse, examined her tongue, asked a few questions, and said, as he wagged his head from side to side, "S-she's s-sick, but s-she c-can be c-cured." Doña Victorina looked proudly at the bystanders. "Lichen with milk in the morning, syrup of marshmallow, two cynoglossum pills!" ordered De Espadaña.
Here, a foot broke through a bench, and some one fell to the floor, while the crowd laughed and made a show of him who had come so far to see a show. There, they fought and disputed over positions, and, a little farther on, the noise of breaking bottles and glasses could be heard: it was Andeng.
Over there they quarreled and disputed over a seat, a little farther on was heard the noise of breaking glass; it was Andeng carrying refreshments and drinks, holding the wide tray carefully with both hands, but by chance she had met her sweetheart, who tried to take advantage of the situation. The teniente-mayor, Don Filipo, presided over the show, as the gobernadorcillo was fond of monte.
"You don't understand your business," said Albino, climbing up into the pen of the corral and taking the net from the youth's hands. "Now you'll see! Andeng, get the pot ready!" But apparently Albino did not understand the business either, for the net again came up empty. All broke out into laughter at him. "Don't make so much noise that the fish can hear and so not let themselves be caught.
"Don't cry," whispered Andeng. "I'll manage it so that you may talk with him. What are confessionals for if not that we may sin? Everything is forgiven by telling it to the curate." At length Capitan Tiago returned. They sought in his face the answer to many questions, and it announced discouragement.
Andeng is helping them clean a silver tea-set. "Do you know Dr. Espadaña?" the foster-sister of Maria Clara asks Victoria curiously. "No," replies the latter, "the only thing that I know about him is that he charges high, according to Capitan Tiago." "Then he must be good!" exclaims Andeng. "The one who performed an operation on Doña Maria charged high; so he was learned."
In Capitan Tiago's house reigned no less disorder than in the people's imagination. Maria Clara did nothing but weep and would not listen to the consoling words of her aunt and of Andeng, her foster-sister. Her father had forbidden her to speak to Ibarra until the priests should absolve him from the excommunication.
The other girls were busy cleaning and making ready the lettuce, cabbage and peas, and cutting up paayap in pieces about the size of a cigarette. Finally Andeng announced that the kettle was ready to receive its guests the fish. The fisherman's son went up on top of the rack at the end of the weir.
"The only thing that I know about him is that he charges very dearly, according to Captain Tiago." "Then he ought to be very good," said Andeng. "The one who performed the operation on the stomach of Doña Marta charged a big price, but he was very wise." "You goose!" exclaimed Sinang. "Not all who charge high prices are wise. Look at Doctor Guevara.
More shots, more reports were heard from the direction of the convento, followed by cries and the sound of persons running. Capitan Tiago, Aunt Isabel, and Linares rushed in pell-mell, crying, "Tulisan! Tulisan!" Andeng followed, flourishing the gridiron as she ran toward her foster-sister.
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