“What did you go to Imus for?” inquired the general.
“What did you go there for?” rejoined Josephine.
“To fight,” said the general.
“So did I,” said Josephine.
“Will you leave Manila?” asked the general.
“Why should I?” asked Josephine.
“The friars will not leave you alone if you stay there, and they will bring false evidence against you. I have no power to overrule theirs.”
“Then what is the use of being governor-general?”
Because of her adopted father’s nationality, she was now under American protection; otherwise she would have experienced the vengeful feeling that still possessed the reigning powers. She made her way to Hong-Kong, where, after a time, she remarried and so passed from history. [↑]
[8] In the life of Rizal the note of physical love is scarcely perceived. Don Isabelo de los Reyes has written: [[332]]