Why could not you wait in Christian patience ?" "Look here, my good friend.

I came not all the way from Mexico to listen to a lecture; and you will do well to save your canting for a better time and a worse man.

So, Mazzolin, just open the door of this cursed den." Roused by the bold language of the stranger, the Padre, though anxious to learn his errand, was still true to his policy, and could in no measure compromise the dignity of his person.
"There is no obligation resting on me to do so against my will, and no man shall bully or threaten me, a priest of our holy church." He had partially opened the door, but closed it again.
Enraged beyond degree, the soldier grasped what little collar was afforded by the habit he wore.
"You infernal, canting hypocrite! I swear by Cortes I'll kick you to a jelly--I'll bastinade you till you won't know the Virgin from the Devil, if you don't instantly let me in, and keep your lying tongue in your Jesuit head.

Think you to gull me with your holy talk?
I know you all: you are a blessed, holy brotherhood, truly.

Have I not seen your letters to Mexico, you canting scoundrel ?" He shook the Padre violently as he delivered this benediction.
Now Father Mazzolin, like many of his sex, was fond of supporting his dignity, and reverence for his sacred person was especially inculcated by his teachings.