Did not the crown belong to his family?
Well, let it be given to him." "And is this all ?" asked Luna with displeasure.
"That was the least of it.

What I wanted, and do want, is that the nation should have a good master, an upright lord, and a good Catholic, who without restraints of laws or Cortes, should govern us all with bread in one hand and a stick in the other.

For the robber, garrote him! for the honoured, 'you are my friend!' A king who will not allow the rich to crush the poor, and who will not allow any one to die of hunger who wishes to work.

Come, I think I am explaining myself clearly." "And all this, do you believe that it existed at any time, or that your king would be able to restore it?
Those centuries that you describe as those of greatness and well-being were really the worst in our history; they were the cause of Spanish decadence, and the beginning of all our ills." "Stop there, Gabrielillo," said Silver Stick.

"You know a great deal, and have travelled and read much more than I have, but we cannot swallow that.