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Elias
“I’m sorry I have killed Elias instead of Crisostomo Ibarra. But when I wrote the Noli my health was very bad and I never believe I could write the continuation and talked about revolution. Otherwise, I would have preserved the life of Elias, a noble character, a patriot, unselfish and self-sacrificing, the necessary qualities for a man to lead a revolution, while Crisostomo was an egoist who decided to provoke a rebellion only when he was injured through his property, his person, his love, and all that he held sacred. Success cannot be expected for the enterprise of a man like that.”
-Jose Rizal
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Summary:
Originally intended by the author to follow Chapter XXIV, “In the Woods”.
Salome waits desperately for Elias, thinking that he would pass by the water any time soon. Elias, however, is nowhere to be seen because he is in fact hiding from the authorities who are currently patrolling the lake. When the two finally get to meet, Salome tells the youth of her plan to move to Mindoro and live with her relatives, and requests that he go with her. Elias, however, refuses her offer because he does not want her to be entangled with the tragedies and troubles of his past. He tells the lady that she must marry an honorable and respectable man, one whom she truly deserves and who can make her happy.
crossed out in a blue pencil so that it was deleted from the printed novel.
Relates Elias’ escape from the picnic when the Guardia Civil came to arrest him and with his sad parting with Salome.