You know whether the telegrapher and the directorcillo ought to be informed; one talks with wires and the other knows Spanish and works only with a pen." All were appalled.
"May they force me to wear shoes and in all my life to drink nothing but that vile stuff they call beer, if I ever let myself be called _pelbistero!_" swore the countryman, clenching his fists.

"What, rich as Don Crisostomo is, knowing Spanish as he does, and able to eat fast with a knife and spoon, I'd laugh at five curates!" "The next civil-guard I catch stealing my chickens I'm going to call _palabistiero_, then I'll go to confession at once," murmured one of the rustics in a low voice as he withdrew from the group..