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Updated: May 4, 2025
It was the winter of 1812, and Te filo and Magdalena had loved each other for over a year, when Te filo one day spoke to the Father of Magdalena, and said that he wished to marry her. For months Magdalena had tried to be dutiful and to engage the Father's interest, on her side, in their favor, in preparation for Te filo's broaching of the subject to him.
The Father, busy with the multitudinous affairs of the Mission, had entirely forgotten the matter of Te filo's request: but one day he chanced to notice his favorite's listless air, and it recalled the affair to his mind. A day or two afterwards he said to Te filo, as the latter was with him in the sacristy, "Te filo, you are dull and not yourself.
Well, you deserve praise, Te filo, and perhaps some reward. But go now, and tell Magdalena to come to first mass to-morrow, as I said. You may take a candle from the sacristy and give it to her." That evening Te filo told Magdalena all that had happened. But her Spanish blood was in hot rebellion, and in spite of her love and Te filo's entreaties, she would not give in.
Many a time they met in secret, for sweet interviews or even a hurried word or glance; but love grows best in the shade. And meanwhile, the great church had been growing too, and now it was Te filo's proud task to paint the frescoes on the walls and dome, as the Father had hoped.
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