The neighbor lady is convinced that he is an angel that was coming to take their sick son, but the storm was so strong that it knocked him to the ground. Pelayo and Elisenda decide to confine him in a chicken coop. The imprisoned old man begins to attract people and raise questions as to what he actually is, so a local priest by the name of Father Gonzaga is called in to examine if the old man is actually an angel or not. The priest does not believe he is an angel though, due to the fact that when he greets him by saying good morning in Latin which is the “language of God” (Marquez 145) the angel does not understand what he is saying. Despite the fact that the old man is not an angel according the the priest, he still attracts curious people. The old man is treated like a circus animal, so many people come to see him that Elisenda starts charging admission. In return the old man receives acts of cruelty such as stones thrown at him, plucking of his feathers and even being branded, but throughout the entire time the man remains very calm and