CONTENTS

I. [The Judgment of Man ]3
II. [The Maestro of Balangilang ]27
III. [Her Reading ]52
IV. [The Struggles and Triumph of Isidro de los Maestros ]74
V. [The Failure ]98
VI. [Some Benevolent Assimilation ]124
VII. [A Jest of the Gods ]153
VIII. [The Coming of the Maestra ]178
IX. [Caybigan ]202
X. [The Capture of Papa Gato ]226
XI. [The Mañangete ]257
XII. [The Past ]267
XIII. [The Prerogative ]277
XIV. [The Confluence ]289
XV. [The Call ]331