human
This is your place, Brother DÃmaso.
gpt
No, yours, Brother Sibyla.
human
You are so much the older friend of the family.
gpt
But you are the curate of the quarter.
human
What, said he,
gpt
Don't trouble yourself, said Captain Tiago, laying his hand on the young man's shoulder.
human
This feast is a thank-offering for your safe return. Ho, there! bring the tinola! I've ordered the tinola expressly for you, Crisµstomo.
gpt
When did you leave the country?
human
Seven years ago.
gpt
Then you must have almost forgotten it.
human
On the contrary, it has been always in my thoughts; but my country seems to have forgotten me.
gpt
Why do you say that?
human
Because for several months I have had no news, so that I do not even know how and when my father died.
gpt
And where were you that they couldn't telegraph you? asked Doþa Victorina.
human
When we were married, we sent despatches to the peninsula.
gpt
Seþora, I was in the far north,
human
You have travelled much, said the blond provincial;
gpt
After Spain, my second country, the nations that are free.
human
And what struck you as most interesting, most surprising, in the general life of nations--the genius of each, so to put it?
gpt
Before visiting a country I carefully studied its history, and, except the different motives for national pride, there seems to me nothing surprisingly characteristic in any nation. Given its history, everything appears natural; each people's wealth and misery seem in direct proportion to its freedom and its prejudices, and in consequence, in proportion to the self-sacrifice or selfishness of its progenitors.
human
Did you discover nothing more startling than that? demanded the Franciscan, with a mocking laugh.
gpt
It was hardly worth while squandering money for so slight returns. Not a schoolboy but knows as much.
human
Seþores, do not wonder at these words of Brother DÃmaso. He was my curate when I was a little boy, and with his reverence the years don't count. I thank him for thus recalling the time when he was often an honored guest at my father's table.
gpt
You will pardon me if I excuse myself, he said.
human
I arrived only a few hours ago, and have matters of importance to attend to. The dinner is over. I drink little wine, and scarcely taste liquors. And raising a glass as yet untouched,
gpt
Seþores, he said,
human
Spain and the Philippines forever!
gpt
You're not going! said Santiago in amazement.
human
Maria Clara and her friends will be with us in a moment. What shall I say to her?
gpt
That I was obliged to go, said Ibarra,
human
You saw his arrogance, he said to the blond provincial.
gpt
These young fellows won't take reproof from a priest. That comes of sending them to Europe. The Government ought to prohibit it.
human
Colonial Studies, this paragraph:
gpt
In the Philippines, the least important person at a feast is he who gives it. You begin by showing your host to the door, and all goes merrily.... In the present state of affairs, it would be almost a kindness to prohibit young Filipinos from leaving their country, if not even from learning to read.
human
How little progress!
gpt
Marvellous! he thought;