Kwakungukuqala kwawo-1860s futhi phakathi kwemindeni ehloniphekile eyayihlala eLima, lowo ovela IMarqués de Sarria y Molina, owayesengumfelokazi, egxila kulo lonke uthando lwakhe kusukela endodakazini yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo, Clara, Uneminyaka engu-12. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, le ntombazane yakhula ngaphansi kwesandla somzanyana wayo u-Evarista, umlatto owayenendodana egama linguFrancisco, emdala ngeminyaka emithathu kunentombazane.
UFrancisco, owayezigqaja ngabakwaMarquis, wathandana noClara, kwaze kwaba yilapho le ntokazi enhle ikhulelwa, okwadala ukudlikizela kwangempela emphakathini wangaleso sikhathi. AbakwaMarquis, bekhungathekile futhi becasulwa yilolu laka, bayalela ukuthi uFrancisco avalelwe ICovento yaseLa Recoleta futhi wayezokwenziwa umfutho. Ngokuqondene nentombazane, ubaba wakhe wanquma ukuthi uhambo olude lwalulula kakhulu. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, uPanchito wayebonakala egqoke idili nomkhuba wendela yaseDominican, esiza emiseni likaFata Mendoza.
Imarquis yona ibisenza amalungiselelo ayo okuya eSpain ku-frigge "Covadonga" obekufanele ihambe ngenyanga. Kepha akekho noyedwa owacabanga ngothando olujulile lapho laba bantu abasha ababili bebegcine futhi belugcina lufihlekile, ngakho-ke lokhu kwehlukaniswa kubangele usizi olukhulu kubo bobabili.
Kuze kwafika u-Okthoba 17, lapho ama-marquis nendodakazi yakhe babelibangise eCallao futhi beqala i-frigate, okwakufanele iqale ngomkhumbi ngehora lesibili ntambama. UClara wayezolile, kepha ukuphefumula kwakhe, ephuke ukububula okuvame ukwenzeka, azama ukukucwila, kwaveza ukuhlupheka okujulile okwakushwabadela lowo mphefumulo odwengulwe izinhlungu.
I-frigate yaqhubeka nenkambo ehambisana nesiQhingi SaseSan Lorenzo futhi kwase kuyigamenxe ihora lesihlanu lapho bedlula eChorrillos alura, engabonakala kahle, isongwe ngenkungu yantambama. Ngesikhathi isikebhe siphambi kweMorro Solar, uClara wathatha isibuko senhloli ngenhloso yokufuna isithandwa sakhe, ngokusho kukanesi u-Evarista, indodana yakhe uFrancisco eyayizomdubula kulelo gquma.
Ngokuphazima kweso, uClara wabona isithandwa sakhe esasimi edwaleni eliphakeme kakhulu, sabamba ekhanda laso ngezandla zombili, ingubo eyayiyikhumulile futhi yayindizayiza emoyeni. Ngemuva komzuzu, i-friar yehla isuka esiqongweni esiphakeme kakhulu yaya ezansi kwalasha, futhi akukho okusalile kuye ngaphandle kwezingubo ezinemibala egqokile yezingubo zakhe, ezabanjwa emgqeni wedwala elaliqhamuka, zantanta emoyeni njenge ifulegi. umngcwabo.
Ngenkathi lelo dolobha elibuhlungu lisenzeka emhlabeni, kwenzeka isigameko esibi ngendlela engesihle. UClara wayeziphonse emanzini endaweni ebuhlungu ayesanda kuyibona. Le ndaba enephunga lenganekwane, yadalulwa eLima yangaphambilini nangokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi ekukhumbuleni lolu thando olungaqondakali, indawo yokudlela yakhiwa eduze neMorro de Chorrillos, eduzane nolwandle lwaseLa Herradura, olubizwa "El Salto del Fraile", ezikhethekile gastronomy Peruvian.
Into engajwayelekile ngale ndawo ukuthi, njalo ngeSonto, ngezikhathi zantambama, kubekwa isibindi se-friar ekujuleni kolwandle. Isikhulu esigqoke ingubo yaseFranciscan, siziphonsa olwandle sisuka edwaleni eliphambi kwendawo yokudlela.
Eminyakeni edlule, ngesikhathi ngihlala eLima, bengingomunye wababukeli balo mcimbi, obanjwa nsuku zonke kusuka kuthala le-Restaurant «El Salto del Fraile». Ngaphandle kokwazi le nganekwane, umuntu ucabanga ukuthi lezo thando ezingqubuzanayo zazingokoqobo. Noma yebo babekhona futhi kusuka lapho kwazalwa inganekwane. Ukuthi indela eligxumagxumayo, likhumbula isibindi se-mulatto lapho libona ukuthi isikhulu salo nesithandwa salo esikhulelwe sithathwa kude. Khonamanjalo, yena ocabanga nge-spyglass kusuka esikebheni, ukuzibulala kothandekayo, unquma ukuthatha ukweqa futhi amphelekezele unomphela futhi akulahle. Ngiyazi kuphela ukuthi ngokwengqondo ngazitshela ukuthi abantu basePeru bazothini, ngesiQuechua, njengokuvalelisa: iTupanamanchis Kaman.
Izinsuku ze-5 ezedlule ngithole ithuba lokuvakashela le ndawo. Indaba ethinta inhliziyo kakhulu, kepha okuhlaba umxhwele ukubona ukuzilibazisa kweSalto del Fraile ephonswa eweni elikhulu. Impela, umuntu akakwazi ukukhuluma.