nine o'clock at
night
_ ' means watered and thin . '' But we are of the opinion that this was a slander on the part of the alferez , since the same story is told of many curates . At least , it may be a thing peculiar to the Order . To make trouble for the curate , the soldier , at the instigation of his wife , would prohibit any one from walking abroad after nine o'clock at night . Doña Consolacion would then claim that she had seen the curate , disguised in a piña camisa and salakot , walking about late . Fray Salvi would take his revenge in a holy manner . Upon seeing the alferez enter the church he would innocently order the sacristan to close all the doors , and would then go up into the pulpit and preach until the very saints closed their eyes and even the wooden dove above his head , the image of the Holy Ghost , murmured for mercy .