Leonardo spent some frantic weeks scraping up cash and managed to gather P3.000.00. ... Leonardo could do but consent. ... They didn't have to talk at all; he would do all the talking himself, so long as they sat there in the sala before his eyes. ... One night, unable to bear it any longer he shouted, as they rose to retire: "Lydia, you sleep with your mother tonight. ... Said Cabading bluntly: "If she goes with you, I'll shoot her head before your eyes." ...

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