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"But, the cancan?" asked Makaraig. "They're talking about the most suitable place to dance it," gravely responded Sandoval. "They look like the Chinamen of the pansiteria," repeated Pecson in disgust. A lady accompanied by her husband entered at that moment and took her place in one of the two vacant boxes.
I've seen Padre Sibyla's pet!" "Yes?" ejaculated Isagani, rising. "It's no use now. When he saw me he disappeared." Approaching the window he looked toward the plaza, then made signs to his companions to come nearer. They saw a young man leave the door of the pansitería, gaze all about him, then with some unknown person enter a carriage that waited at the curb. It was Simoun's carriage.
Scit, scit, scit, scit, scit, scit, Disputez-vous, battez-vous, Scit, scit, scit, scit, scit, scit, Nous allons compter les coups. The music ceased, the men went away, the women returned, a few at a time, and started a conversation among themselves, of which our friends understood nothing. They were slandering some absent person. "They look like the Chinamen of the pansiteria!" whispered Pecson.
"No, gentlemen," observed Pecson with his clownish grin, "to celebrate the event there's nothing like a banquet in a pansitería, served by the Chinamen without camisas. I insist, without camisas!"
He heard faint echoes inquiring for Don Tiburcio de Espadaña, the name of Juanito Pelaez, but they sounded to him like distant bells, the confused noises heard in a dream. It was necessary to tell him that they had reached Plaza Santa Cruz. The sala of the Pansiteria Macanista de Buen Gusto that night presented an extraordinary aspect.
That very night they would hold a banquet in the pansitería to celebrate the demise of the academy of Castilian. "Ay!" he sighed, "provided the liberals in Spain are like those we have here, in a little while the mother country will be able to count the number of the faithful!"
panguinguera: A woman addicted to panguingui, this being chiefly a feminine diversion in the Philippines. pansit: A soup made of Chinese vermicelli. pansitería: A shop where pansit is prepared and sold. pañuelo: A starched neckerchief folded stiffly over the shoulders, fastened in front and falling in a point behind: the most distinctive portion of the customary dress of Filipino women.
"Yes, works on medicine and pamphlets written by Peninsulars, with the leaves uncut, and besides, what does that signify? Moreover, this young man was not present at the banquet in the pansitería, he hasn't mixed up in anything. As I've said, he's the most innocent " "So much the better!" exclaimed his Excellency jocosely.
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