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This proud element in Magdalena 's nature had the unfortunate effect of bringing her into conflict with the Father and the Church . Not that she would , out of mere perverseness , have refused obedience , but the Father , himself a Spaniard , viewed all who were not of the sangre pura as Indians , all alike . This the girl felt and resented , and her resentment , though unexpressed , showed in numberless ways ; while the Father , on his part , viewed her only as an obstinate Indian child , naturally averse to good influences . It chanced one day that Agust ` n , overlooking the making of adobe bricks at the clay pits a mile from the Mission , needed to send a message to the Father on some point concerning the work ; and , Magdalena having been sent to carry their midday meal to the brick-makers , he entrusted her with the errand . Failing to find the Father in his private room , she went to the next door of the corridor . It was half open , and she glanced in . The Father was not there , but she saw , bending over a table set against the window , a young man .