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Updated: July 11, 2025
It is a shame that you spend money for trousers." "B b but, wife, and the Guardia Civil? I I am lame." "You must challenge him to a duel with pistol or sword or, or " And Doña Victorina looked at his false teeth. "Daughter, I never have used " Doña Victorina did not let him finish.
Those in hiding inside the house were without any other remedy and had to surrender; but meanwhile some of them had been burned to death, among these a lieutenant of the 'Guardia Civil. By this victory Aguinaldo succeeded in taking 17 rifles and two 2 1/2 pounder guns."
They keep a white flag flying from a pole near their dwelling, or at least one such flag in the section of the pueblo in which they reside. They also believe that Lu-ma'-wig will return to them in the near future. A Tinguian man of the pueblo of Pay-yao', Lepanto, a short journey from Agawa, in Bontoc, is said to be the leading spirit in this faith of the "guardia de honor."
Neal; the constant welling up of processions from behind, the Canons and Monsignori in their fur and lace tippets, the red Cardinals with their suites; the entry of the Guardia Nobile, splendid, incredible, in their winged Achillean helmets above their Empire uniforms half Greek, half French, half gods, half dandies, the costliest foolishest plaything that any court can show; and finally as the time draws on, the sudden thrills and murmurs that run through the church, announcing the great moment which still, after all, delays: these things chase the minutes, blot out, the sense of time.
'Who is this? said Conyngham. 'Some friend of yours? Tell him to keep his distance, for I don't care for his appearance. 'He is no friend of mine, Excellency. But the man is, I dare say, honest enough. In these mountains it is only of the Guardia Civil that one must beware. They have ever the finger on the trigger and shoot without warning.
The Mauser rifle, which is used by all the Spanish soldiers, with the exception of the Guardia Civile, is a most excellent weapon for those who like clean, gentlemanly warfare, in which the object is to wound or to kill outright, and not to "shock" the enemy nor to tear his flesh in pieces.
But an officer of the Guardia Civil may arrive at any moment and he will want to know how you came to be with your stepmother when she plunged into that trap. So prepare yourself. If only you had not given the alarm. If only you had waited until morning. But in the dead of night! Alone! He will think it queer.
But they proved to be members of the guardia civil, and therefore our protectors. The ruts and quagmires, made by the rain, retarded our progress, and it was dark when we reached Andujar, fourteen leagues from Cordova. To Baylen, where I was to quit the diligence, and take another coming down from Madrid to Granada, was four leagues further.
"They are following me," murmured the one ahead. "Is it a Guardia Civil? Has the sacristan lied?" "It appears that the appointment is here," said the second, in a low voice. "They are up to something bad, when the two brothers hide it from me." The first form finally arrived at the gate of the cemetery. The three who were already there advanced. "Is it you?" "Is it you?" "Let us separate.
However, kneeling or sitting, just as you will, there he is, before an altar, holding up the ostia, which is the corpus Domini, "the body of God," and surrounded by officers of the Swiss guards in glittering armor, chamberlains in their beautiful black and Spanish dresses with ruffs and swords, attendants in scarlet and purple costumes, and the guardia nobile in their red dress uniforms.
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