Now tell me, did these people rebel ?" "The fact is--they have rebelled before," replied the Dominican, "and _ab actu ad posse valet illatio!_" "No, no, nothing of the kind," continued Simoun, starting down a hatchway to the cabin.

"What's said, is said! And you, Padre Sibyla, don't talk either Latin or nonsense.

What are you friars good for if the people can rebel ?" Taking no notice of the replies and protests, Simoun descended the small companionway that led below, repeating disdainfully, "Bosh, bosh!" Padre Sibyla turned pale; this was the first time that he, Vice-Rector of the University, had ever been credited with nonsense.

Don Custodio turned green; at no meeting in which he had ever found himself had he encountered such an adversary.
"An American mulatto!" he fumed.
"A British Indian," observed Ben-Zayb in a low tone.
"An American, I tell you, and shouldn't I know ?" retorted Don Custodio in ill-humor.

"His Excellency has told me so.