human
I could never before suffer the monks and civil guards, because of their want of manners, a portly lady was saying,
gpt
I am of the very same mind, said a very prim spinster.
human
But what a pity the former governor isn't with us!
gpt
He would put an end to the race of filibusterillos!
human
Don't they say there are many islands yet uninhabited?
gpt
If I were the captain-general----
human
Seþoras, said the one-armed man,
gpt
Loaded him with favors! repeated the slim gentlewoman, fanning furiously.
human
What ingrates these Indians are! Is it possible to treat them like human beings?
gpt
Do you know what I've heard?
human
No! What is it? What do they say?
gpt
People worthy of confidence say that all this noise about building a school was a pure pretext; what he meant to make was a fort for his own defence when he had been attacked.
human
What infamy! Would any one but an Indian be capable of it?
gpt
But they say this filibustero is the son of a Spaniard,
human
There it is again, cried the portly lady;
gpt
Do you know what I've heard? asked a pretty creole, to turn the conversation.
human
The wife of Captain Tinong--you remember? We danced and dined at his house at the fõte of Tondo--well, the wife of Captain Tinong gave the captain-general, this afternoon, a ring worth a thousand pesos. She said it was a Christmas present.
gpt
Christmas doesn't come for a month.
human
She must have feared a downpour,
gpt
And so got under cover,
human
That is evident, said the one-armed man, thoughtfully.
gpt
I fear there is something back of this.
human
I also, said the portly lady.
gpt
The wife of Captain Tinong is very parsimonious--she has never sent us presents, though we have been to her house. When such a person lets slip a little present of a thousand little pesos----
human
But is it certain?
gpt
Absolutely! His excellency's aide-de-camp told my cousin, to whom he is engaged. I'm tempted to believe it's a ring she wore the day of the fõte. She's always covered with diamonds.
human
That's one way of advertising! Instead of buying a lay-figure or renting a shop----