_'Susmariosep!_" Greatly scandalized, she made the sign of the cross and thanked God, who had permitted the capture of the father in order that the daughter might be snatched from sin and learn the virtues which, according to the curates, should adorn every Christian woman.

She therefore kept the girl constantly at work, not allowing her to return to the village to look after her grandfather.

Juli had to learn how to pray, to read the books distributed by the friars, and to work until the two hundred and fifty pesos should be paid.
When she learned that Basilio had gone to Manila to get his savings and ransom Juli from her servitude, the good woman believed that the girl was forever lost and that the devil had presented himself in the guise of the student.

Dreadful as it all was, how true was that little book the curate had given her! Youths who go to Manila to study are ruined and then ruin the others.

Thinking to rescue Juli, she made her read and re-read the book called _Tandang Basio Macunat_, [17] charging her always to go and see the curate in the convento, [18] as did the heroine, who is so praised by the author, a friar.
Meanwhile, the friars had gained their point.