The funereal presentiments of old Tasio seemed to have been dissipated forever. So Ibarra observed to him one day, but the old pessimist answered: "Remember what Baltazar says: Kung ang isalúbong sa iyong pagdating Ay masayang maukha't may pakitang giliw, Lalong pag-iñgata't kaaway na lihim Baltazar was no less a thinker than a poet."