El Filibusterismo: Script Kabanata 17

Simoun pressures Quiroga to allow him to smuggle a large number of firearms and ammunition into the province, disguised within ceramic jars and hollow furniture. Quiroga is terrified; he is a businessman playing a delicate political game with the Spanish friars (specifically Padre Sibyla and Padre Camorra). He needs their permission to get his consulship, but Simoun threatens to withdraw his financial support for that same consulship.

(Releases him, laughs loudly) Excommunication? I have a different sacrament for you. (He pulls aside a tarp to reveal a hidden rifle). Look. El Filibusterismo Script Kabanata 17

(Whispering) For the love of God, Simoun, lower your voice! The friars are out there. Padre Camorra is drunk on the Ferris wheel, but his ears are sharp as a knife! Simoun pressures Quiroga to allow him to smuggle

No. (He carries the rifle over to a jar, inserts it inside, and covers it with silk). There. Works of art. Now, listen closely. If you refuse me, I will go to that fair, stand on a podium, and tell Pedro, Pablo, and the Guardia Civil exactly what is inside your "decorative vases." (Releases him, laughs loudly) Excommunication