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Updated: June 26, 2025
Simoun waited in vain for Cabesang Tales to return that night. But the next morning when he arose he noticed that the leather holster of his revolver was empty.
He moved away, followed by Placido, who was beginning to ask himself if he were not dreaming. "Does it surprise you," Simoun asked him, "to see a Spaniard so young and so afflicted with disease?
Basilio shrugged his shoulders he had no papers, nothing more than his clinical notes. "Has Señor Simoun " "Simoun has nothing to do with the affair, thank God!" interrupted the physician. "He was opportunely wounded by some unknown hand and is now confined to his bed. No, other hands are concerned in this, but hands no less terrible." Basilio drew a breath of relief.
"In order to learn if there are devils or mirrors inside it," suggested Simoun, "the best thing would be for you to go and see the famous sphinx." The proposal was a good one, so it was accepted, although Padre Salvi and Don Custodio showed some repugnance. They at a fair, to rub shoulders with the public, to see sphinxes and talking heads! What would the natives say?
But Simoun refused to see any one and sent word to the Chinese that he should leave things as they were, whereupon he went to see Don Custodio to inquire whether he should fortify his bazaar, but neither would Don Custodio receive him, being at the time engaged in the study of a project for defense in case of a siege.
So it was that when he reached San Juan de Dios and his friends asked him about the conspiracy, he gave a start, remembering what Simoun had planned, but which had miscarried, owing to the unexplained accident to the jeweler. Terrified, he asked in a trembling voice, at the same time endeavoring to feign ignorance, "Ah, yes, what conspiracy?"
"The suburbs are not yet ready, they hope that the General will withdraw the decree. I thought it was postponed until the beginning of Lent." Simoun shook his head. "We won't need the suburbs," he said. "With Cabesang Tales' people, the ex-carbineers, and a regiment, we'll have enough. Later, Maria Clara may be dead. Start at once!" The man disappeared.
From an adjoining room issued the click of balls striking together and bursts of laughter, amid which might be heard the sharp, dry voice of Simoun, who was playing billiards with Ben-Zayb. Suddenly Padre Camorra arose. "The devil with this game, puñales!" he exclaimed, throwing his cards at Padre Irene's head. "Puñales, that trick, if not all the others, was assured and we lost by default!
I have chosen my task and will devote myself to science." "Science is not the end of man," declared Simoun. "The most civilized nations are tending toward it." "Yes, but only as a means of seeking their welfare." "Science is more eternal, it's more human, it's more universal!" exclaimed the youth in a transport of enthusiasm.
There at the foot of the stairway Simoun checked his steps, as if in doubt, and Basilio held his breath. But the hesitation was transient Simoun raised his head, resolutely ascended the stairway, and disappeared.
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