Ratia

There on the plaza a platform has been erected, the scenery being of bamboo, nipa, and wood; there the Tondo comedians will perform wonders and compete with the gods in improbable miracles, there will sing and dance Marianito, Chananay, Balbino, Ratia, Carvajal,

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

Ratia in the costume of a schoolmaster; Yeyeng, wrapped in a silk shawl, was clinging to the Prince Villardo; while Balbino and the

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

Chananay in her costume of Leonora in "Il Trovatore" was talking with Ratia, in schoolmaster's dress; Yeyeng, wrapped in a shawl, was attended by Prince Villardo, while the Moors tried to console the mortified musicians; but already the crowd had determined upon action, and Don Filipo was doing his best to hold them in check.

An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Jos�� Rizal 1878

Honora would have accompanied her to soothe away her troubles, but her cousin Ratia ran after her, and

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Ratia made an ecstatic face which disgusted Phoebe.

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

They were all cross to me; Ratia teased me, and father said it was all their fault I was naughty, and he would never take me there again!

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

To regard Ratia as a mature personage robbed the project of romance, and to find herself bound in honour by her inconsiderate rattle was one of the rude shocks which often occur to the indiscriminate of tongue; but the curate had too much on his mind to dwell on what concerned him more remotely, and proceeded, 'I came to see whether you could help me about poor Miss Murrell.

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Owen, true to his allegiance, joined her in good time, but reported that his sister was gone on with Ratia.

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

There was a low murmur of voices, one soothing, the other half sobbing, but nothing reached the outer room distinctly, till, as Phoebe was holding a long wreath, which Ratia was tying up, she heard -- 'Oh! but it is so different with me from you young ladies who are used to company and all.

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

And while Mrs. Charteris, scarcely rising, held out her ring encrusted fingers, and murmured a greeting, Ratia settled them all, pushed a chair behind Miss Charlecote, almost threw Phoebe on a cushion, handed tea, scolded Owen, and rattled away to Lucilla with an impetus that kept

Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862