I say this, because I know Santa Anna." "Santa Anna is but a man, Lopez." "Me perdonas! He is however a man who knows a trick more than the devil.
One must be careful of a bull in front, of a mule behind, and of a monk and Santa Anna on all sides.

At the word monk, Lopez glanced significantly at a passing priest, and Doctor Worth saw that it was Fray Ignatius.
"He sprinkled the Mexican troops with holy water, and blessed them as they left the city this morning.

He has the ear of General Cos.

He is not a man to offend, I assure you, Doctor." The doctor walked thoughtfully away.

San Antonio was full of his friends, yet never had he felt himself and his family to be in so much danger.