eight o'clock in the evening
said a poor woman , lean from fasting , `` in Thy presence there is no rich , no poor , no white , no black -- Thou wilt grant us justice ! '' `` Yes , '' rejoined her husband , `` just so that God they preach is not a pure invention , a fraud ! They themselves are the first not to believe in Him . '' At eight o'clock in the evening it was rumored that more than seven friars , proceeding from neighboring towns , were assembled in the convento to hold a conference . On the following day , Tandang Selo disappeared forever from the village , carrying with him his hunting-spear . L'Espagne et sa , vertu , l'Espagne et sa grandeur Tout s ` en va ! -- Victor Hugo The newspapers of Manila were so engrossed in accounts of a notorious murder committed in Europe , in panegyrics and puffs for various preachers in the city , in the constantly increasing success of the French operetta , that they could scarcely devote space to the crimes perpetrated in the provinces by a band of tulisanes headed by a fierce and terrible leader who was called _ Matanglawin .