_Tinola_ is a stew of chicken and squash.

How long has it been since you got here ?" "Four days," responded the youth, rather offended.
"Have you come as a government employee ?" "No, sir, I've come at my own expense to study the country." "Man, what a rare bird!" exclaimed Fray Damaso, staring at him with curiosity.

"To come at one's own expense and for such foolishness! What a wonder! When there are so many books! And with two fingerbreadths of forehead! Many have written books as big as that! With two fingerbreadths of forehead!" The Dominican here brusquely broke in upon the conversation.

"Did your Reverence, Fray Damaso, say that you had been twenty years in the town of San Diego and that you had left it?
Wasn't your Reverence satisfied with the town ?" At this question, which was put in a very natural and almost negligent tone, Fray Damaso suddenly lost all his merriment and stopped laughing.

"No!" he grunted dryly, and let himself back heavily against the back of his chair.
The Dominican went on in a still more indifferent tone.