No one seemed to be sure where she dwells. “While some mention a palace as her house, brilliant like a golden shrine surrounded by gardens and beautiful parks, others affirm that they saw only a miserable hut of patched roof and walls of sawali.” Rizal commented: “Such contradiction can lead to the belief that both sides lie atrociously, it is sure, but it could be also that Mariang Makiling had two houses as many well-to-do persons have.”
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