What is the summary of a warm hand by nvm gonzales?

Answer 1

HOLDING on to the rigging, Elay leaned over. Elay was familiar with that excitement which her mistress wore about her person like a silk kerchief -now on her head to keep her hair in place, now like a scarf round her neck. She must return to the deck-house, Elay thought, if she must fetch her mistress’s handbag. It occurred to Elay that, judging from the care her mistress was taking about her appearance, it might well be that they were not on board a one-masted Tingloy batel with a cargo of lumber, copra, pigs, and chickens, but were still at home in the dress-shop that they were leaving behind in the lumber town of Sumagui.

How miserable I’d be without you, Elay, Ana giggled, as though somewhere she were meeting a secret lover who for certain would hold her in his arms in one wild passionate caress. And thinking so of her mistress made Elay more proud of her. The old skipper explained all this to Ana, and Elay listened, little knowing that in a short while it would all be there before her. Little wonder, Elay thought, that the prospect of spending the night in a small fisherman’s hut and with these men for company did not appear attractive to the other women passengers.

She had a sense of independence that Elay admired. Elay heard Ana’s little shrill cries of excitement. Elay pouted, too. So earnest was the boy at this chore that Elay thought the tiny boat had sprung a leak and would sink any moment.

Elay wanted to say that so far as she was concerned she was safe, she was all right. Elay took a few tentative steps toward the palm-leaf hut, but her knees were unsteady. Elay- It was her mistress, of course. « Elay caught the old fisherman’s smile as his wife cleared the floor of baskets, nets, and coil after coil of hempen rope so that their guests could have more room.

Elay understood that in lieu of wages the two Obregano boys received rice. This fact brought a sad note to Elay’s new world of warm fire and familiar smells. The drone of the rain set Elay’s spirits aright. It was as though the foul weather suited their purposes, and Elay listened with genuine interest, with compassion, even, for the small town politicians who were being defiled and cursed.

The offer of the mat touched Elay’s heart, so much so that pondering the goodness of the old fisherman and his wife took her mind away from the riddles which the students at this time were exchanging among themselves. Watching the old fisherman’s wife extinguish the fire in the stove made Elay’s heart throb. Elay watched him adjust the wick of the lantern and give the oil-container a gentle shake. Elay heard as if in reply the crash of the sea rising in a crescendo.

Elay thought that it was she whom Obregano was speaking to. Someone was here, Elay repeated to herself and hid her face behind Ana’s shoulder. Elay clutched her mistress’s arm. Elay lowered her head more, lest she should see those man-faces be-fore her, loosely trapped now by the lantern’s glow.

She put an arm around Elay’s she uttered that wild scream. At this remark Elay cried even more.

Answer 2

A Warm Hand by NVM Gonzales is a great piece of work. It has to do with the innocence of the Filipino.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yes. A warm hand is written by NVM Gonzales.