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Updated: June 3, 2025
He began with a "Mana capatir con cristiano," followed by an avalanche of untranslatable phrases. He talked of the soul, of Hell, of "mahal na santo pintacasi," of the Indian sinners and of the virtuous Franciscan Fathers. "The devil!" exclaimed one of the two irreverent Manilans to his companion. "That's all Greek to me. I'm going."
I bowed, and he went away to look for the Turks, leaving me alone with Zoraida, who made as if she were about to retire as her father bade her; but the moment he was concealed by the trees of the garden, turning to me with her eyes full of tears she said, "Tameji, cristiano, tameji?" that is to say, "Art thou going, Christian, art thou going?"
The mysterious, gentle instinct of this ungentle species, which causes the gauchos of the pampas to name it man's friend "amigo del cristiano" has been persistently ignored by all travellers and naturalists who have mentioned the puma.
If it be any criminal act by which I am to mend my fortune, think not my ragged coat will make me undertake it. "The soldier turned on him a look of high displeasure. 'My sword, said he, 'has never been drawn but in the cause of the faith and the throne. I am a 'Cristiano viejo; trust in me and fear no evil. "The student followed him wondering.
This must be done at night. But have a care. This is solemn work, and not to be effected by the carnal-minded. The priest must be a Cristiano viejo, a model of sanctity; and must mortify the flesh before he comes here, by a rigorous fast of four-and-twenty hours: and as to the maiden, she must be above reproach, and proof against temptation. Linger not in finding such aid.
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