"Every one has been wanting Uncle Gregorio to marry for years," said Marcelino, "and now they are angry because he has chosen his wife himself."
"Sit down and tell us all about it, Don Carlos," said Dolores.
Evaña sat down and remained talking with them for nearly an hour.
"I have quite a curiosity to see that Don Francisco," said Dolores; "he must be like one of the old patriarchs."
"And lives like one too," said Evaña. "His wife and daughters make clothes for the whole household, they spin and weave the wool of their own sheep, and the whole of the outside work is done by the boys, I do not think they have any slaves."
"And he says Mass every Sunday and Feast-day? I don't think that is proper," said Dolores.
"Ask Padre Jacinto," said Marcelino; "he will tell you that it is very wicked."
"He does not say Mass exactly, at least I think not," said Evaña. "He reads passages of Scripture, and psalms, and prayers, and no Latin, so every one can understand him."
"If Don Fausto will take me out with him next time he goes I will go and see this Don Francisco," said Gordon; "I should like to hear the service very much."
"We will go together some day when I am strong enough to ride so far," said Marcelino.