Introduction: The Pivot Point of the Novel
The Shadow of the Fair Scene: Quiroga’s warehouse. Boxes and large clay jars (Banga) are stacked high. Distant carnival music and shouts of fairgoers are heard off-stage. El Filibusterismo Script Kabanata 17
(Screams quietly) Jesus! Hide that!
(Smiling coldly) Let them hear. Let them hear the sound of porcelain... or lead. (He taps the jar again). How many of these can you ship to San Diego next week? Introduction: The Pivot Point of the Novel The
Simoun pressures Quiroga to allow him to smuggle a large number of firearms and ammunition into the province, disguised within ceramic jars and hollow furniture. Quiroga is terrified; he is a businessman playing a delicate political game with the Spanish friars (specifically Padre Sibyla and Padre Camorra). He needs their permission to get his consulship, but Simoun threatens to withdraw his financial support for that same consulship. (Screams quietly) Jesus