2. Crisostomo Ibarra proceeded
to his room after being
dropped off. Too
preoccupied with what he
had just
heard, Ibarra, although
looking out the window, did
not notice the house on the
opposite bank, well-lit and
3. Had he observed more
closely, he
would have noticed the
different
class of people
surrounding the
lovely Maria Clara:
Chinese,
Spaniards,Filipinos,
soldiers, curates, old
4. Father Damaso was admiring her
beauty while Father
Sibyla was talking to her. Only
a young Franciscan, who
looked thin and wasted, was
indifferent to her and what
was happening around him.
Ibarra, tired
From all the thinking,
fell asleep and only the
