human
You will see, said he,
gpt
But----
human
I, for example, continued Brother DÃmaso, raising his voice to cut off the words of his objector,
gpt
I, who count twenty-three years of plane and palm, can speak with authority. I spent twenty years in one pueblo. In twenty years one gets acquainted with a town. San Diego had six thousand souls. I knew each inhabitant as if I'd borne and reared him--with which foot this one limped, how that one's pot boiled--and I tell you the reforms proposed by the Ministers are absurd. The Indian is too indolent!
human
Ah, pardon me, said the young man, speaking low and drawing nearer;
gpt
Bah! ask Seþor Laruja, who also knows the country well; ask him if the ignorance and idleness of the Indians are not unparalleled?
human
In truth! the little dark man made haste to affirm;
gpt
Nor more corrupt, nor more ungrateful.
human
Nor more ill-bred.
gpt
Gentlemen, said he, still speaking low,
human
Bah, you are too timid: Santiago does not consider himself an Indian, besides, he isn't here. These are the scruples of a newcomer. Wait a little. When you have slept in our strapped beds, eaten the tinola, and seen our balls and fõtes, you'll change your tone. And more, you will find that the country is going to ruin; she is ruined already!
gpt
What does your reverence mean?
human
The evil all comes from the fact that the Government sustains wrong-doers in the face of the ministers of God, continued the Franciscan, raising his voice and facing about.
gpt
When a curate rids his cemetery of a malefactor, no one, not even the king, has the right to interfere; and a wretched general, a petty general from nowhere----
human
Father, His Excellency is viceroy, said the officer, rising.
gpt
His Excellency represents His Majesty the king.
human
What Excellency? retorted the Franciscan, rising in turn.
gpt
Who is this king? For us there is but one King, the legitimate----
human
If you do not retract that, Father, I shall make it known to the governor-general,
gpt
Go to him now, go! retorted Father DÃmaso;
human
I'll loan you my carriage.
gpt
Seþores, said he in a tone of authority,