human
Pull your rope, Crispin,
gpt
If we were only home with mama, he mourned,
human
I shouldn't be afraid.
gpt
At least, no one there would call me a thief; mama would not have it. If she knew they had beaten me----
human
Pay what they say I stole! Pay it, brother!
gpt
Are you mad, Crispin? Mama would have nothing to eat; they say you stole two onces, and two onces make thirty-two pesos.
human
Six hands and two fingers. And each finger makes a peso, and each peso how many cuartos?
gpt
A hundred sixty.
human
And how much is a hundred sixty?
gpt
Thirty-two hands.
human
Thirty-two hands, he said,
gpt
What I'm afraid of is that mama will be angry with you when she hears about it.
human
You think so? said Crispin, surprised.
gpt
But I've never had a cuarto except the one they gave me at Easter. Mama won't believe I stole; she won't believe it!
human
But if the curate says so----
gpt
Then go alone, I won't go. Tell mama I'm sick.
human
Crispin, don't cry, said his brother.
gpt
If mama seems to believe what they say, you'll tell her that the sacristan lies, that the curate believes him, that they say we are thieves because our father----