Padre Damaso only fainted, he's not dead." "Don't cry," whispered Andeng.

"I'll manage it so that you may talk with him.

What are confessionals for if not that we may sin?
Everything is forgiven by telling it to the curate." At length Capitan Tiago returned.

They sought in his face the answer to many questions, and it announced discouragement.

The poor fellow was perspiring; he rubbed his hand across his forehead, but was unable to say a single word.
"What has happened, Santiago ?" asked Aunt Isabel anxiously.
He answered by sighing and wiping away a tear.
"For God's sake, speak! What has happened ?" "Just what I feared," he broke out at last, half in tears.