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Updated: May 19, 2025
Those centuries that you describe as those of greatness and well-being were really the worst in our history; they were the cause of Spanish decadence, and the beginning of all our ills." "Stop there, Gabrielillo," said Silver Stick. "You know a great deal, and have travelled and read much more than I have, but we cannot swallow that.
That man was the one who wielded the real authority in the upper cloister; all those who had listened to him followed his advice blindly. "Help me, Gabrielillo," said the priest with an agonised expression.
One day he addressed him smilingly with a patronising manner. "You will be rewarded for your good conduct, Gabrielillo, much sooner than you expect. Did I not say I would look out for something for you in exchange for the help you gave me in showing the treasury? Well, now you have it. From next week two pesetas daily will fall into your purse like two suns.
"You should see how seriously he says his prayers.... Gabrielillo will become somebody; who knows if we may not see him a bishop! Acolytes that I knew when my father had charge of the sacristy now wear the mitre, and possibly some day we may have one of them in Toledo."
Don Antolin laughed on hearing this. "But Gabrielillo, man you must be mad. All this reading and travelling has turned your head.
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