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Elias threw his cargo out on the bank and, after removing a large piece of bamboo, took from under the grass some empty palm-leaf sacks. Then they continued on their way. "You are the master of your own will, sir, and of your future," he said to Crisostomo, who had remained silent.
Some one is following me. To-morrow we will have the arms and to-morrow night will be our time. The cry is 'Viva Don Crisostomo! Begone!" The three persons disappeared behind the wall. The recent arrival hid himself in the hollow of the gate and waited silently. "Let's see who is following me!" he murmured. The second person came along very cautiously, and stopped to look around.
"I have not come," said he, "to call you to account.... I have come to give you peace." "I do not want the peace which you give me. I will give myself peace. You despise me, and your contempt will make my life bitter till death." Ibarra saw the poor girl's desperation, and asked her what she desired. "That you may believe that I have always loved you." Crisostomo smiled bitterly. "Ah!
"I have the honor of presenting to you Don Crisostomo Ibarra, the son of my deceased friend," went on Capitan Tiago. "The young gentleman has just arrived from Europe and I went to meet him." At the mention of the name exclamations were heard. The lieutenant forgot to pay his respects to his host and approached the young man, looking him over from head to foot.
Few persons, however, joined in the protests of the Mussulmanish mother-in-law. "Don Crisostomo is to blame for all this," sighed a woman. The schoolmaster was also in the crowd, wandering about bewildered.
"It is I. May I come in?" asked the young man, his heart beating violently. The silence was not broken. A few seconds afterward gentle steps approached the door and Sinang's cheerful voice murmured through the key-hole: "Crisostomo, we are going to the theatre to-night. Write what you have to say to Maria Clara." Then the footsteps were heard retreating, as quickly as they had come.
"Loan us four pesos ... three ... two," begged the younger brother. "Presently I will return it to you doubled. The fight is going to begin." Lucas scratched his head again. "Tst! This money is not mine. Don Crisostomo has given it to me for those who want to serve him. But I see that you are not like your father. He was really courageous."
One of the two men who were propelling the boat went up the stone steps, leaped over the wall, and a few seconds afterward, steps were heard coming up the azotea. Maria Clara saw him stop on discovering her, but it was for only a moment. The man advanced slowly and at about three steps from the maiden, stopped again. Maria Clara stepped back. "Crisostomo!" she gasped, full of terror.
"If you promise not to try to escape, we won't tie you the alferez grants this favor but if you run " Ibarra went with them, leaving his servants in consternation. Meanwhile, what had become of Elias? Leaving the house of Crisostomo, he had run like one crazed, without heeding where he was going.
Gladly do I die! Claudite iam rivos, pueri!" "Don't you want some medicine?" asked Don Filipo in order to change the course of the conversation, which had darkened the old man's face. "The dying need no medicines; you who remain need them. Tell Don Crisostomo to come and see me tomorrow, for I have some important things to say to him. In a few days I am going away. The Philippines is in darkness!"
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