Ibarra noticed him watching the scene with a smile of satisfaction.
"How's this, Don Santiago, aren't you going to sit down with us ?" But all the seats were occupied; Lucullus was not to sup in the house of Lucullus.
"Sit still, don't get up!" said Capitan Tiago, placing his hand on the young man's shoulder.

"This fiesta is for the special purpose of giving thanks to the Virgin for your safe arrival.

_Oy!_ Bring on the _tinola!_ I ordered _tinola_ as you doubtless have not tasted any for so long a time." A large steaming tureen was brought in.

The Dominican, after muttering the benedicite, to which scarcely any one knew how to respond, began to serve the contents.

But whether from carelessness or other cause, Padre Damaso received a plate in which a bare neck and a tough wing of chicken floated about in a large quantity of soup amid lumps of squash, while the others were eating legs and breasts, especially Ibarra, to whose lot fell the second joints.