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When Latour stumbles upon a small settlement in the “Hidden Water” chapter, Benito is the grandfatherly old man who takes him in. Benito’s family has lived on the land for years, and he and his descendants distrust the new American government, believing them to be “infidels.” However, Benito’s commitment to prayers and sacraments even in the absence of a priest cheers Latour greatly.
Benito Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Book 1: Hidden Water
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The old grandfather had shown him arrowheads and corroded metals, and a sword hilt, evidently Spanish, that he had found in the earth near the water head. This spot had been a refuge for humanity long before these Mexicans had come upon it. It was older than history, like those wellheads in his own country where the Roman settlers had set up the image of a river goddess, and later the Christian priests had planted a cross. This settlement was his Bishopric in miniature: hundreds of square miles of thirsty desert, then a spring, a village, old men trying to remember their catechism to teach their grandchildren. The faith planted by the Spanish Friars and watered with their blood was not dead; it awaited only the toil of the husbandman.
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Benito Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Death Comes for the Archbishop quotes below are all either spoken by Benito or refer to Benito. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1: Hidden Water
Quotes
The old grandfather had shown him arrowheads and corroded metals, and a sword hilt, evidently Spanish, that he had found in the earth near the water head. This spot had been a refuge for humanity long before these Mexicans had come upon it. It was older than history, like those wellheads in his own country where the Roman settlers had set up the image of a river goddess, and later the Christian priests had planted a cross. This settlement was his Bishopric in miniature: hundreds of square miles of thirsty desert, then a spring, a village, old men trying to remember their catechism to teach their grandchildren. The faith planted by the Spanish Friars and watered with their blood was not dead; it awaited only the toil of the husbandman.
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