text:  But his father who had so strenuously adhered to the Liberal side who had poured out his blood with Mina fought side by side with Riego sacrificed his property and endured a long and wearisome exile for conscience and his opinions' sake--what would be his feelings if he saw his only son range himself beneath the banner of absolutism? The struggle in the mind of Luis between love on the one hand and filial duty and affection on the other was too severe and too equally balanced to be instantly decided