United States or Philippines ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Don Custodio's gesture indicates money. Tr. Duck eggs, that are allowed to advance well into the duckling stage, then boiled and eaten. The señora is sneering at a custom among some of her own people. Tr. The Jesuit College in Manila, established in 1859. Tr. Natives of Spain; to distinguish them from the Filipinos, i.e., descendants of Spaniards born in the Philippines. See Glossary: "Indian."
"Is that the girl?" his friend inquired. "She's the one." "Boy, maybe she isn't daffy over you." And El Carnicerin, with a conceited smile, added: "I've turned her head, all right." Manuel could have torn out the fop's heart at that moment. His disappointment in love made him think of leaving Senor Custodio's house.
Senor Custodio's ideas had worked a strong influence upon Manuel; but since, despite this, his adventurous instincts persisted, he thought of going off to America, or becoming a sailor, or something of that sort. The Square A Wedding in La Bombilla The Asphalt Caldrons.
Summer went by; Justa began to make preparations for her wedding, and in the meantime Manuel thought of leaving Senor Custodio's house and getting out of Madrid altogether. Whither? He didn't know; the farther away, the better, he thought. In November one of Justa's shopmates got married, in La Bombilla, Senor Custodio and his wife found it impossible to attend, so that Manuel accompanied Justa.
Manuel thought that if in time he should become the owner of a little house like Senor Custodio's, and of a cart and donkeys, and hens and a dog, and find in addition a woman to love him, he would be one of the almost happy men in this world. Senor Custodio's Ideas La Justa, El Carnicerin, and El Conejo.
When there was a great quantity of paper he sold it to a pasteboard factory on Acacias Avenue. Senor Custodio's journey was not in vain, for in addition to selling the goods at a fancy price, he would, on the way back, drive his cart in the direction of a pitch factory of the vicinity, and there he picked up from the ground a very fine coal that burned excellently and gave as much heat as slag.
She was, too, a bit full behind and in the breasts and the hips; she was neat, fresh, with a very high top-knot and a pair of brand-new, polished slippers. El Conejo was a member of Senor Custodio's fraternity and knew Justa since she had been a child; Manuel used to see him every day, but never paid any attention to him.
In passing, he spoke of submarine passages, mentioned a project of Don Custodio's, called attention to the liberal education and wide travels of the priest. Afterwards, to form a contrast, the picture of the thief: fear, madness, confusion, the fierce look, the distorted features, and force of moral superiority in the race his religious awe to see assembled there such august personages!
Don Custodio's activity being known and recognized, he was named as arbiter and the petition is now in his hands. He promised that he would settle it this month." "Hurrah for Don Custodio!" "But suppose Don Custodio should report unfavorably upon it?" inquired the pessimist Pecson.
So they fell to discussing whether the Indian had or had not any aptitude for sculpture, and whether it would be advisable to encourage that art, until there arose a general dispute, which was cut short by Don Custodio's declaration that the Indians had the aptitude, but that they should devote themselves exclusively to the manufacture of saints.
Word Of The Day