“Eh? What did you think of the reception?” asked Cæsar.
“Magnificent, my boy!”
“You can’t say I behaved like a demagogue.”
“On the contrary, you were too distant.”
“They know I am like that and it doesn’t astonish them.”
Cæsar had a rented house in Castro and the two friends went to it. All morning and part of the afternoon committees kept coming from the villages, who wanted to talk with Cæsar and consult him about the affairs of their respective municipalities.
INAUGURATION OF THE CLUB
In the evening the Workmen’s Club was inaugurated. Nobody in Castro talked of anything else. The Clerical element had advised all religious persons to stay away from the meeting.
The large hall of the Club was profusely lighted; and by half-past six was already completely full.
At seven the ceremony began. The president of the Club, a printer, spoke, and told of Cæsar’s benefactions; then the Republican bookseller, San Román, give a discourse; and after him Cæsar took up the tale.