If the curate and the Indian are both on horseback, then the Indian should stop and take off his hat or salakot reverently; and finally, if the Indian is on horseback and the curate on foot, the Indian should alight and not mount again until the curate has told him to go on, or is far away.

This is what the holy decrees say and he who does not obey will be excommunicated." "And when one is riding a carabao ?" asked a scrupulous countryman of his neighbor.
"Then--keep on going!" answered the latter, who was a casuist.
But in spite of the cries and gestures of the preacher many fell asleep or wandered in their attention, since these sermons were ever the same.

In vain some devout women tried to sigh and sob over the sins of the wicked; they had to desist in the attempt from lack of supporters.

Even Sister Pute was thinking of something quite different.

A man beside her had dropped off to sleep in such a way that he had fallen over and crushed her habit, so the good woman caught up one of her clogs and with blows began to wake him, crying out, "Get away, savage, brute, devil, carabao, cur, accursed!" Naturally, this caused somewhat of a stir.