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Updated: May 26, 2025
A fat native priest in a greasy old cassock seemed the centre of jollity there, and he alternately joked with the men and stopped to extend his hand to the children who went up and kissed it. I did my best to converse intelligently with the Gobernadora and the other ladies who were within conversational distance.
Then the Gobernadora and I went back to the sala, and another group took our places at the refreshment table. I was much interested in the babies, who were strutting about in their finest raiment and were unquestionably annoyed at its restrictions. Filipino babies are sharp-eyed, black-polled, attractive little creatures.
She was "la Gobernadora," and her husband, a fat Chino mestizo, was immediately brought forward and introduced as "el Gobernador." He was a man of education and polish, having spent fourteen years in school in Spain, where he married his wife. After having welcomed me properly, he betook himself to the room at the head of the stairs where the men were congregated.
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