Do you know to what it is due?
Well--" The arrival of Maria Clara and her friends put an end to this conversation.

Don Filipo met them and ushered them to their seats.

Behind them came the curate with another Franciscan and some Spaniards.

Following the priests were a number of the townsmen who make it their business to escort the friars.

"May God reward them also in the next life," muttered old Tasio as he went away.
The play began with Chananay and Marianito in _Crispino e la comare_.