The friar-administrator shrugged his shoulders: he had nothing to do with it, it was a matter of tulisanes and he had merely done his duty. He had chased the tulisanes whenever he could, and when they captured Cabesang Tales he had organized an expedition and brought into the town, with their arms bound behind them, five or six rustics who looked suspicious, so if Cabesang Tales did not show up it was because he was not in the pockets or under the skins of the prisoners, who were thoroughly shaken out. The lieutenant of the Civil Guard gave no sign: he had received an order to take up all the arms and he had performed his duty.
No one was to blame, and no one need lay it on his conscience. When the news of this misfortune became known in the town, some lamented it and others shrugged their shoulders.
0 kommentar(er)
