Ya kasance farkon 1860s kuma daga cikin dangi masu daraja waɗanda ke zaune Lima ɗayan Marquis na Sarria y Molina, wacce ta zama bazawara, tana mai da duk ƙaunarta tun daga kan onlyarta tilo, Clara, Shekara 12. Bayan lokaci, yarinyar ta girma a ƙarƙashin kulawar maigidanta Evarista, mulatto wanda ke da ɗa mai suna Francisco, ya girmi yarinyar da shekara uku.
Francisco, wanda ya kasance mai girman kai ga Marquis, ya ƙaunaci Clara, har ta kai ga kyakkyawar budurwar ta sami ciki, wanda ya haifar da daɗi na gaske a cikin al'ummar lokacin. Marquis, wanda ya dimauce kuma ya fusata da irin wannan fushin, ya ba da umarnin a kulle Francisco a cikin Covento na La Recoleta kuma za a sanya shi friar. Game da yarinyar, mahaifinta ya yanke shawarar cewa doguwar tafiya ita ce mafi dacewa. Kwana uku bayan haka, ana iya ganin Panchito sanye da liyafa da al'adar ɗuhidi na Dominican, yana taimakawa a wurin taron Papa Mendoza.
Marquis, yayin, yana shirye-shiryensa zuwa Spain a cikin jirgin ruwan "Covadonga" wanda zai tafi cikin wata guda. Amma babu wanda ya yi tunanin zurfin soyayyar da samarin biyu suka kiyaye ta kuma suka ɓoye ta, don haka wannan rabuwar ta haifar da baƙin ciki a cikin su biyun.
Har zuwa ranar 17 ga Oktoba ya iso, lokacin da Marquis da 'yarsa ke kan hanyar zuwa Callao kuma suka hau kan jirgin ruwan, wanda ya kamata ya tashi da ƙarfe biyu na yamma. Clara ta kasance mai nutsuwa, amma numfashinta, ya karye da yawan shaka, wanda ta yi ƙoƙari ta nutsar da shi a banza, ya bayyana tsananin wahalar da ke cinye wannan rai da zafi ya lalata.
Jirgin ruwan ya ci gaba da aikin kwatankwacin tsibirin San Lorenzo kuma ya kai karfe talatin da biyar lokacin da suka wuce zuwa ga alura na Chorrillos, wanda ana iya ganinsa mara kyau, an nade shi a cikin hazo da rana. Kuma a lokacin da kwale-kwalen ke gaban Morro Solar, Clara ta dauki tabarau da niyyar neman masoyinta wanda, a cewar ma'aikaciyar jinyar Evarista, danta Francisco zai harbe ta a tsaunin da aka ce.
Ba zato ba tsammani, Clara ta ga ƙaunataccenta wanda, a tsaye a kan dutsen mafi tsayi, ya riƙe kansa da hannu biyu, mayafin da ya cire kuma yake ɗagawa sama. Mintina kaɗan daga baya, friar ta faɗo daga babban taron zuwa ƙasan abyss, kuma ba abin da ya rage daga gare shi sai yagaggen tufafin tufafinsa, waɗanda, a haɗe da layin jere na wani dutse, wanda ke yawo a iska kamar tuta. jana'iza
Duk da yake wannan mummunan bayanin yana faruwa a kan ƙasa, wani abin da ba shi da wata illa ya wuce jirgin. Clara ta jefa kanta a cikin ruwa a mummunan lamarin da ta gani. Wannan labarin da warin almara, an bayyana shi ne a cikin Lima na jiya da kuma wucewar lokaci, kuma don tunawa da wannan soyayyar da ba a fahimta ba, an gina gidan abinci kusa da Morro de Chorrillos, kusa da gabar tekun La Herradura, wanda ake kira "El Salto del Fraile", na musamman a cikin gastronomy na Peruvian.
Babban abin birgewa game da wannan wurin shine, kowace ranar Lahadi, da rana, ana yin jarumtakar jarumin cikin zurfin teku. Wani dan majalisa mai sanye da rigar Franciscan ya jefa kansa cikin teku daga wani dutse a gaban gidan cin abincin.
Shekarun da suka gabata, a lokacin da na kasance a Lima, na kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan kallon bikin, wanda ake gudanarwa kowace rana daga farfajiyar Gidan Abincin «El Salto del Fraile». Duk da sanin labarin, mutum yana tunanin cewa waɗancan ƙaunatattun ƙaunatattun na gaske ne. Ko a'a sun kasance kuma daga can ne aka haifi labarin. Cewa maigidan da ya yi tsalle, ya sake ƙarfin zuciyar mulatto lokacin da ya fahimci cewa an ɗauke ƙawancensa da ƙaunataccensa nesa. A halin yanzu, ita, wanda ke yin tunani tare da gilashin gilashi daga jirgin ruwan, kashe kansa da ƙaunataccen, ya yanke shawarar ɗaukar tsalle kuma ya bi shi har abada kuma ya la'anci shi. Na dai san cewa a tunani na gaya wa kaina abin da mutanen Peru za su ce, a cikin Quechua, a matsayin ban kwana: Tupanamanchis Kaman.
Kwanaki 5 da suka gabata Na sami damar ziyartar wurin. Labari mai motsawa, amma mafi ban sha'awa shine ganin nishaɗin Salto del Fraile wanda aka jefa daga babban dutsen. Tabbas, mutum baya magana.