Chapter 10:

Wealth and Want

(The Summary of “El Filibusterismo”)

Simoun visits Cabesang Tales's house to sell his jewelry to the rich inhabitants of San Diego and Tiani.  Cabesang Tales is convinced to sell his daughter’s locket but decides to get his daughter's permission first.  The following day Simoun discovers that his revolver has been stolen by Tales.  News circulates in the town that three persons have been murdered: the friar administrator, as well as the new tenant and his wife.  A piece of paper with the word Tales written in blood is found near the dead tenant’s wife.

Learn this Filipino word:

matamís ang dilà