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Updated: June 12, 2025
At that moment the subject of conversation was the instruction in Castilian, but as Makaraig had not yet arrived conjecture was still the order of the day. "What can have happened?" "What has the General decided?" "Has he refused the permit?" "Has Padre Irene or Padre Sibyla won?" Such were the questions they asked one another, questions that could be answered only by Makaraig.
Padre Sibyla let him scold, while the humbler Padre Irene tried to excuse himself by rubbing his long nose. His Excellency was enjoying it and took advantage, like the good tactician that the Canon hinted he was, of all the mistakes of his opponents.
But Padre Sibyla was aware of it and became serious from the belief that the alcalde had said something heretical or impious. In the other kiosk the children were eating under the direction of their teacher. For Filipino children they were rather noisy, since at the table and in the presence of other persons their sins are generally more of omission than of commission.
It has always been my dream to run through the whole social scale. Yesterday I was gathering flowers, and singing songs; to-day I hold the wand of Justice and serve Humanity. To-morrow...." "To-morrow Your Excellency will throw the wand into the fire to warm yourself with it in the winter of life, and will then take a portfolio in the Ministry," added Father Sibyla. "Psh!
Father Sibyla, however, was a person of some culture and refinement, and, as soon as he noticed the expression on the lieutenant's face, said: "Here! We are now out in the world, and not in the Church. This seat belongs to you, lieutenant!" But, to judge from the tone of his voice, he thought that, although he was out in the world and not in the Church, the seat nevertheless belonged to him.
Father Sibyla related briefly what had taken place between Father Dámaso and Crisostomo Ibarra. "Furthermore," he added, in conclusion, "the young man is going to marry that daughter of Captain Tiago, who was educated in the college of our sisters. He is rich and would not want to make any enemies who might cause the loss of his happiness and his fortune."
His good humor was increased by his winning a good many hands, for Padre Irene and Padre Sibyla, with whom he was playing, were exercising all their skill in secretly trying to lose, to the great irritation of Padre Camorra, who on account of his late arrival only that morning was not informed as to the game they were playing on the General.
Father Sibyla, the one who knew how to keep silent, appeared to be the only one who knew how to ask questions. "Are you referring to the letters, Señor Guevara?" "I am telling what the defendant's attorney told me. He has taken up the case with zeal and interest.
Capitan Tiago began to feel uneasy, so much so that he did not know what to say; but he obeyed, following the heavy figure of the priest, who closed the door behind him. While they confer in secret, let us learn what Fray Sibyla has been doing.
The farce proceeded something like this: "You take it, Brother Dámaso! It is for you!" "No, you take it, Brother Sibyla!" "You are an old friend of the family, the confessor of its deepest mysteries; your age, your dignity, your "
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