Will you tell me, Pecson, on what you base your belief that the General has no judgment of his own ?" "I didn't say that, Sandoval," replied Pecson, grinning until he exposed his wisdom-tooth.

"For me the General has _his own_ judgment, that is, the judgment of all those within his reach.

That's plain!" "You're dodging--cite me a fact, cite me a fact!" cried Sandoval.

"Let's get away from hollow arguments, from empty phrases, and get on the solid ground of facts,"-- this with an elegant gesture.

"Facts, gentlemen, facts! The rest is prejudice--I won't call it filibusterism." Pecson smiled like one of the blessed as he retorted, "There comes the filibusterism.