He took a cracker and thanked her briefly in a scarcely audible voice.

After this no one paid any more attention to him.

The sallies and merry laughter of the young folks caused not the slightest movement in the muscles of his face.

Even the merry Sinang did not make him smile when she received pinchings that caused her to wrinkle up her eyebrows for an instant, only to return to her former merry mood.
The lunch over, they proceeded on their way toward the fish-corrals, of which there were two situated near each other, both belonging to Capitan Tiago.

From afar were to be seen some herons perched in contemplative attitude on the tops of the bamboo posts, while a number of white birds, which the Tagalogs call _kalaway_, flew about in different directions, skimming the water with their wings and filling the air with shrill cries.