human
If you ever lose your son, said Pedro, indignant,
gpt
She is so quick, so hasty, said Maria, always ready to excuse and slow to blame,
human
So, then, Mamma Maria, Perico hastened to say,
gpt
No; oh! no, my son! The church forbids the belief in witches and enchanters. I fear those things which God permits to punish men, and, above all, when they are supernatural.
human
Are there any such things? Have you seen any?
gpt
If there are any? And do you doubt that there are extraordinary things?
human
Not at all. One of them is the day you do not preach me a sermon. But the supernatural I don't believe in. I am like Saint Thomas.
gpt
And you glory in it! It is a wonder you do not say also that you are like Saint Peter in that in which he failed!
human
But, madam, have you seen anything of the kind, or is it only because you can swallow everything, like a shark?
gpt
It is the same, to all intents, as if I had seen it.
human
Aunt, what was it?