"Don't forget, though, that I want you to accompany me in my walk." Ibarra bowed and withdrew.

His Excellency then called to his aide.

"I'm satisfied," he said, slapping the latter lightly on the shoulder.

"Today I've seen for the first time how it is possible for one to be a good Spaniard without ceasing to be a good Filipino and to love his country.

Today I showed their Reverences that we are not all puppets of theirs.