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At her side were her two friends and Andeng. De Espadaña felt of her pulse, examined her tongue, asked some questions, and shaking his head seriously, said: "Sh-sh-she is si-sick. But we-we-we can cu-cu-cure her." Doña Victorina looked with pride at those around her.
Presently she steadied herself and began explaining in feeble little phrases, sandwiched between sobs and gasps: "She tuk a brooch Kep' kep' layin' it roun' in h-her way, th-that young Sam Arkwright did, a-an' finally she she tuk hit. N-nen, when he seen he h-had her, he said sh-sh-she 'd haf to d-do wh-whut he said, or he'd sen' her to-to ja-a-il!"
I-I don't just kn-know how it h-h-happened, it was so blame s-sudden, b-but she 's got her l-l-lasso 'bout me all r-right. But Lord! sh-she 's all fun an' laugh; sh-sh-she don't seem to take n-nothin' serious like, an' you c-can't make much ou-ou-out o' that kind; you n-never know just how to t-take 'em; leastwise, I don't.
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