Yayikukuqala kwe-1860s kwaye phakathi kweentsapho ezinobungangamsha ezihlala eLima enye yazo IMarqués de Sarria y Molina, owayengumhlolokazi, egxila kulo lonke uthando lwakhe ukusukela kwintombi yakhe ekuphela kwayo, Clara, Uneminyaka eli-12 ubudala. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, le ntombazana ikhule phantsi kolawulo lomongikazi wayo u-Evarista, i-mulatto eyayinonyana ogama linguFrancisco, owayemdala kuneminyaka emithathu kwintombazana leyo.
UFrancisco, owayenekratshi eMarquis, wathandana noClara, kangangokuba loo ntombazana intle yakhulelwa, nto leyo eyabangela ukuxhuzula okwenyani kuluntu lwelo xesha. UMarquis, othukile kwaye wacaphuka yile ngqumbo, wayalela ukuba uFrancisco avalelwe ICovento yaseLa Recoleta kwaye wayeza kwenziwa ifriya. Ngokubhekisele kwintombazana leyo, utata wakhe wagqiba kwelokuba uhambo olude lolona lulungeleyo. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva, uPanchito wayenokubonakala enxibe isidlo kunye nomkhwa wemonki yaseDominican, encedisa ubunzima bukaTata Mendoza.
I-marquis, ngeli xesha, yayisenza amalungiselelo akhe okushiya iSpain kwi "Covadonga" i-frigate eyayifanele ukuhamba ngenyanga. Kodwa akukho namnye owacinga ngothando olunzulu apho aba bantu babini batsha balugcinayo balugcina lufihliwe, ke oku kwahlukana kwabangela usizi olunzulu kubo bobabini.
Kude kufike u-Okthobha u-17, xa uMarquis kunye nentombi yakhe babesiya eCallao kwaye beqala i-frigate, eyayifanele ukuba ihambe ngolwesibini emva kwemini. UClara wayezolile, kodwa ukuphefumla kwakhe, kwaphulwa kukuncwina okuthe rhoqo, awayezama ukukuntywila, kutyhila ukubandezeleka okunzulu okwakukutya loo mphefumlo utshabalaliswe ziintlungu.
Iifrifithi zaqhubeka nezifundo zihambelana nesiQithi saseSan Lorenzo kwaye zazingamashumi amathathu anesihlanu xa badlula kwi-alura yaseChorrillos, enokuthi ibonakale ngokungaqondakaliyo, isongelwe yinkungu yasemva kwemini. Kwaye xa isikhephe sasiphambi kweMorro Solar, uClara wathatha i-spyglass ngenjongo yokukhangela intanda yakhe, ngokutsho kukaNesi u-Evarista, unyana wakhe uFrancisco wayeza kumgxotha kuloo nduli.
Ngesiquphe, uClara wabona isithandwa sakhe esimi kwelona litye liphezulu, sazibamba entloko ngezandla zozibini, ingubo awayeyikhuphile kwaye wayewuzulazelisa emoyeni. Emva komzuzu, i-friar yaphakama ukusuka kwincopho ephezulu ukuya ezantsi enzonzobileni, kwaye akukho nto yasalayo kuye ngaphandle kweengubo ezigugileyo zeengubo zakhe, ezazincamathele kumqolo werwala elaliqengqeleka, zadada emoyeni njengeflegi umngcwabo.
Ngelixa la dungement intlekele yayiqhubeka emhlabeni, indawo engoyiki kangako yadlula ebhodini. UClara wayeziphose emanzini kwindawo eyothusayo awayesandula ukuyibona. Eli bali livumba lembali, lavezwa kwiLima yamandulo kunye nokuhamba kwexesha, kwaye kwinkumbulo yolu thando lungaqondakaliyo, indawo yokutyela yakhiwa kufutshane neMorro de Chorrillos, kufutshane nonxweme lwaseLa Herradura, olubizwa "U-El Salto del Fraile", ngokukodwa kwi-gastronomy yasePeru.
Into engaqhelekanga malunga nale ndawo kukuba, ngeCawa nganye, emva kwemini, isibindi se-friar singene elwandle. Umntu wenkundla enxibe isuti yaseFranciscan uziphosa elwandle esuka elityeni eliphambi kwendawo yokutyela.
Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, ngexesha lokuhlala kwam eLima, ndandingomnye wababukeli balo msitho, obanjwa mihla le ukusuka kwithambeka lokutyela le- «El Salto del Fraile». Ngaphandle kokwazi intsomi, umntu ucinga ukuba olo thando lungqubanayo lwaluyinyani. Okanye ewe zazikho kwaye ukusuka apho ilivo lazalwa. Ukuba umonki oxhumaxhuma, ukhumbula isibindi se-mulatto xa eqonda ukuba intshisakalo yakhe kunye nesithandwa sakhe esikhulelweyo sithathwa kude. Okwangoku, yena ocinga nge-spyglass ephuma kwisikhephe, ukuzibulala kothandekayo, uthatha isigqibo sokuthatha umtsi kwaye amkhaphe ngonaphakade amgxeke. Ndiyazi kuphela ukuba ngokwengqondo ndazixelela ukuba abantu basePeru bazothini, ngesiQuechua, njengokuvalelisa: iTupanamanchis Kaman.
Kwiintsuku ezi-5 ezidlulileyo bendinethuba lokundwendwela indawo. Ibali elihambisa kakhulu, kodwa elinomdla ngakumbi kukubona ukuzonwabisa kweSalto del Fraile ephoswe eweni. Ngokuqinisekileyo, omnye akathethi.