Contents.

Chapter I. Page

[Don Santiago’s Dinner] 1

Chapter II.

[At the Dinner Table] 11

Chapter III.

[Heretic and Revolutionist] 16

Chapter IV.

[Captain Tiago] 23

Chapter V.

[An Idyl on the Azotea] 29

Chapter VI.

[Things Philippine] 35

Chapter VII.

[San Diego and Its People] 40

Chapter VIII.

[Ibarra and the Grave-Digger] 47

Chapter IX.

[Adventures of a School Teacher] 51

Chapter X.

[Lights and Shadows] 57

Chapter XI.

[The Fishing Party] 59

Chapter XII.

[In the Woods] 68

Chapter XIII.

[In the House of Tasio] 77

Chapter XIV.

[The Eve of the Fiesta] 83

Chapter XV.

[As Night Comes On] 87

Chapter XVI.

[The Hoisting Crane] 92

Chapter XVII.

[The Banquet] 104

Chapter XVIII.

[The First Cloud] 112

Chapter XIX.

[His Excellency] 116

Chapter XX.

[The Procession] 125

Chapter XXI.

[Doña Consolacion] 129

Chapter XXII.

[Might and Right] 137

Chapter XXIII.

[Two Visitors] 145

Chapter XXIV.

[Episode in Espadaña’s Life] 148

Chapter XXV.

[Schemes] 161

Chapter XXVI.

[The Persecuted] 165

Chapter XXVII.

[The Cock Fight] 172

Chapter XXVIII.

[The Two Señoras] 181

Chapter XXIX.

[The Enigma] 188

Chapter XXX.

[The Voice of the Persecuted] 191

Chapter XXXI.

[Elias’s Family] 200

Chapter XXXII.

[Changes] 207

Chapter XXXIII.

[Playing Cards with the Shades] 211

Chapter XXXIV.

[The Discovery] 217

Chapter XXXV.

[The Catastrophe] 223

Chapter XXXVI.

[What People Say and Think] 229

Chapter XXXVII.

[Vae Victis!] 235

Chapter XXXVIII.

[The Accursed] 244

Chapter XXXIX.

[Maria Clara is Married] 248

Chapter XL.

[The Pursuit on the Lake] 259

Chapter XLI.

[Father Dámaso Explains] 267

Epilogue 271