"THE ANGEL´S HOUSE" "They´ll now give me coffee" "I slowly finish dessert so that moment never arrives." "I will have to rise serve myself and approach him to offer that small porcelain cup" "that hasn´t stopped trembling in my hand everytime I´m close to him." "My father says:" ""Those were other times there were MEN... now." "But he was too tired" "She asked to my father:" ""Should I serve coffe?"" ""How much sugar?"" "As much as you like." "He didn´t ask anything to Pablo." "That´s the only intimacy we have ever allowed to each other." "I approach him, he´s not sitted anymore" "My eyes see his necktie and stop right there." "They have never reached any further." "That silence the fact that he never thanks for the coffee is between us, the only bond..." "That represents his total possesion over me." "After, like every Friday at the same time I´m told someone has come to look for me." "I think of my father who says:" ""With who are you going out today?"" "Without waiting for my answer, He adds:" ""Don´t worry,Pablo and I have a lot to talk about"" "I know they don´t have anything to say to each other." "And just as I´m gone my father will dismiss Pablo arguing that the next day he must visit some old brethren." "Pablo will be back next Friday." "I approach him ready to go out and I look at him, defiantly, and say:" ""Good night, Pablo"" "I say his name so softly, that it drowns on my throath." ""Cover yourself, It´s cold"" "How many more Friday nights?" "How many?" "How many days waiting for him?" "Everything is so far..." "How can I remeber it so clearly?" "Everything began that evening..." "I was with my sisters" "Julieta could never fulfill her own spiritual promises" "Isabel, always absent." "She used to rebel against our way of dressing." "Ever night, before going to bed she used to dress herself like someone who is meeting the loved one." "There was my mother always caring, willing to discover the intention of sin in a gaze or in a smile." "Also that summer, there was our cousin Vicenta." "She always knew what to say to hurt me." "However, I was fascinated by her." "She was everything I could know about the others" "She was related to everything that was "terrible":" "To be a woman, like my mother" "She once told me:" ""Would you like to be a nun?"" "Then you must know everything" "On the local cinema, a movie called "How to be born" is being shown" "We must watch it." "That day, Vicenta told me:" "(unaudible whisper)" "No!" "That´s not true!" "Then why do they cover the statues everytime we come by?" "We know everything!" "They´re big, they are 20 years old." "That´s why they cover it." "We will be 20 years old someday too, It´s no big deal to look at them." "Look at them?" "But how?" "By uncovering them, fool!" "No, we will be punished!" "The robes are very well sewn." "We don´t lose anything for trying." "At the end of the park, there is one statue let´s look at it." "Come and look, don´t be silly!" "Kiss him!" "Where are you going?" "Ana!" "Why am I being sent to Buenos Aires?" "I have told you three times" "You are too old to be playing with boys." "And aren´t my sisters older than me?" "My!" "All these questions!" "They are old enough to know what a sin is." "Is kissing a sin?" "It depends on the intention." "I didn´t want to kiss him." "That´s why you are being brought." "You can´t recognize your intentions." "Least of all, the intentions of other people darling!" "It´s always better to kiss a man than a statue." "Good evening." "Good evening." "Are you going to the city?" "Could you give us a lift to the workshop on the corner?" "Good evening sir." "He´s Pablo Aguirre, one of your father´s bethren." "Get in sir" "Thank you, our car is broken." "Are you Pablo Aguirre, the congressman?" "Yes madame." "I always read your speeches." "They are really nice but you say things about poor people that I don´t understand." "Maybe, for the time being, ignorance is best for many people." "Yeah, sure..." "Oh no!" "We are already used to it!" "This is Dr. Castro´s daughter." "Oh, nice to meet you!" "Say Ramón, has Dr. Castro arrived to Buenos Aires?" "Yes." "I think they will meet in the house tonight." "I didn´t know anything about it." "I thought that would be tomorrow." "How long until we arrive?" "Half an hour." "Are you related to the Moreno´s?" "Yes." "Your deads were stolen." "Weren´t they?" "I´m sorry, what?" "Revenge, they say." "The "masked of the Night" stole the bodies and the Moreno´s need to start dying now if they want people in their graveyards." "Are you also interested in that?" "Yes, quite." "They are nothing but fantasies." "Lies that can hurt." "I once met a man, honest filled with ideals and hope, who started to say that he carried dead in his gaze." "His life was ruined." "When one is really good what harm can rumors do?" "Nobody is "good" for real" ""Goodness" has degrees or moments it depends on casualty, humor." "For example, do you consider yourself to be good?" "She´s a child, Mr. Aguirre." "I´m not a child anymore." "Why do you say that?" "If I hadn´t been sent back to Buenos Aires..." "Mr." "Aguirre, we are here" "Pablo Aguirre, some years ago he killed a man in a duel." "But he is so young!" "Oh darling!" "Men just keep getting worse!" "From a very young age, the devil gets in their bodies and stays right there!" "Naturally, they jump in the "Grill of Hell"." "Can you imagine hell Ana?" "Thousands of fire tongues touching your body" "Ovens, heat, fire!" "Can you imagine that Ana?" "Go up to your room while Ramón helps me with the luggage." "Nation´s journalism depends on tomorrow´s meeting" "So, Pablo Aguirre is our man." "Besides being a brilliant speaker, his last years in Europe and USA, have made him capable of defending our ideas." "Besides, He stands for the liberal part of our movement." "I insist that Pablo is not the right man for our controversy tomorrow." "Esquivel is too high-spirited and we could be affected by that." "You mean to say that Pablo Aguirre will not be able to handle this situation?" "I didn´t." "Don´t you remember the unfortunate incident prior to Pablo´s travel?" "Come on!" "Women´s stuff!" "Ana, what are you doing here?" "Nana brought me." "Mom will be here in few days" "Why?" "What happened?" "I don´t know?" "Well, go up to your room." "We´ll talk later." "Well done Ramírez!" "So, it´s done gentlemen!" "What were you doing Nana?" "Nothing, nothing!" "I was praying." "Who are you praying to?" "God or Christ?" "My, what a stupid question!" "They are the same thing!" "I pray to Jesus." "God is an old man with a beard." "Hope your mother doesn´t hear you saying those things." "But why do you pray so much Nana?" "Don´t you ever pray?" "I have never seen you making "spiritual bouquets"..." "Me? "Spiritual Bouquets"?" "For what?" "What do you mean for what?" "Praying is necessary" "The Sin is not only the death of the soul, but also of the body!" "The resurrection of the dead is denied to your body if you are in mortal sin." "It will burn for all the eternity!" "Take a good look at that painting!" "It´s the end of the world!" "It´s only waiting one word from God to be unleashed!" "An angel will come out of it, and by playing his trumpet masses of fire and hail mixed with blood will fall over the earth" "Warm blood, like that of chickens and lambs!" "All of that, for just ONE mortal sin?" "And the pit of abyss will be opened and locusts that look like horses ready for war will come out of it" "...and they will have woman´s hair..." "Look who´s there!" "Her name is Ana." "Ana, Banana, Manzana!" "How old are you?" "Why don´t you come down?" "We do play." "Cat got your tongue?" "Come out of there!" "Forget about her!" "I see a picture like this everyday, bigger and in a frame." "Also in a museum." "In a museum eh?" "Three naked women?" "How old are you?" "Im 14 years old and what I´m saying it´s true" "I´ve seen that picture and you can see it if you like, it´s on my living room." "and it´s called "The Three Graces"." ""The Three Graces"?" "So, you want to be a smart ass?" "Let´s see if you have seen this at home!" "What about that one?" "Have you seen it?" "Maybe your sisters have." "Look what you have done!" "We will have trouble with the jesuists." "It was all your fault!" "If we ever get you on the street you will tell the story!" "You are tall enough to reach the picture, help us, otherwise we will tell your father!" "We will tell him those pictures are yours and of your sisters!" "Ana, why are you jumping out of the window?" "Nothing!" "Well, give me a kiss, I´ve got to go to the Congress!" "Oh dad!" "What´s wrong?" "Don´t you worry, you won´t be alone." "Your sisters will be here in the afternoon." "(singing) "And where are you going with that tied lump?" ""I´ll throw it in the lake, it´s Ernesto Conrado´s body"" "Nana, how was the last duel at home?" "I can still see it... the night was clear." "The moon was very big, like it was hanging up there" "Suddenly, two carriages arrived" "Dr. Timio descended from one all dressed in black" "He was being followed by his godfathers, they were three." "They silently entered into the house." "The door grated behind them." "Your father came out to receive them." "Then, they went into the room..." "Was Dad a godfather?" "No, then Laburdel arrived." "He was very pale, like if his blood was already spilled." "The swords were shining with the moonlight!" "The silence was so deep, that no human soul dared to stop it." "And who died?" "Haven´t you guessed?" "Laburdel was doomed." "Dr. Timi was a famous swordsmen." "And when Congressman Aguirre was in duel, did it happen here?" "No." "That duel was never told by anyone." "Was that the reason why Congressman Aguirre left for Europe?" "I don´t know." "Maybe." "Ana!" "That´s your mother, go!" "Is Aguirre who has presented the proyect for the newspapers?" "I have already told you, he seems like an influence to me." "Well, well!" "We´re not here to discuss the decisions of the Party." "The session is now officially open, with 90 members and 121 from the house." "We will now proceed to read the act of the previous session" "By Secretary, we will read a project bill of communication presented by congressman, Pablo Aguirre." "I ask to speak." "Congressman Ariel, has the word." "Dear Presidents and fellow congressmen 1810 represented for our country the cry of freedoom that will make argentinian people very proud for many years... 1816 stands for the ratification of that freedoom." "and 1853 was for our country, the legal consolidation of the "Principles of May"." "Because one of the main conquers of contemporary man... it´s the freedoom of speech." "There where any tyranic force starts to sign the empire of their demands only the good, naked word, unleashes freedoom and justice." "One closed journal, one single page banned one deleted word, represent an agression against liberty and culture that civilized man cannot stand!" "What Liberty?" "Congressman Esquivel has the word." "The words of Aguirre, moving and deep fill me with emotion." "How much would we like to believe in the honesty of his intentions... to sincerely stand up to applause, instead of imposing the interests of our opposition." "But the words need, from that who speaks them, background and moral dignity... not always present at the same time." "If Congressman Aguirre, didn´t speak in the name of a Party which economic axis is based on a series of newspapers that appealing to "Liberty of Press", live on the defamation of good-spirited men..." "I won´t allow you..." "He´s lying!" "Ask to Pablo Aguirre, how did his father make his fortune..." "If Aguirre refutes that, during his Father´s ministery... the journals "Free Court" and "Opposition", weren´t forced to stop their printing for refering with dangerous persistence to the business of the lands in the South I will be able to retract on my words." "I demand to the President that the Chamber goes to a fourth intermission." "That lousy Esquivel!" "I wouldn´t have had your patience Aguirre!" "There are many ways to defend the ideals of a Party, not all of them are good!" "As long as I can´t prove he´s wrong..." "The hability of your father is undisputable..." "I´m sorry Castro, it´s impossible." "I need to find out something." "Sorry, I´m being expected." "Hi love, go straight by the river Salvador" "You have made me wait so long..." "Did you have to stay in the car?" "I´m tired on staying all evening between them." "I´m tired of being asked if I´m sent by the models of Paris or when I´m marrying you...." "Don´t make me feel so responsible for everything that happens to you!" "What are the other women doing?" "Looking out for their children, so they don´t become killers" "It´s the second time we discuss marriage this week, we must be getting old..." "you didn´t use to care for that" "Now it´s late, isn´t it?" "Cristina, my father has been severly accused on the session... the country is living the crisis of a liberalism, no way out of it... our youth is being corrupted by the example of an intelectualized and decadent Europe." "And you keep bothering me with a situation that was already solved." "Let´s go home" "I´ll go later" "I invited the Peña´s, they are some of the few that don´t scandalize of our relation" "The Peña´s bore me, maybe I´ll stay with my dad." "Your father´s house is a poker table." "Turn around in Humberto Primo Street, Salvador!" "Forgive me Pablo!" "There´s nothing to forgive, what you said is true." "You are fatter Ana, I couldn´t tell with the dress." "I´m just as always" "I´m tired of bathing with my dress on" "Isabel doesn´t do it, but she locks the door" "You´ll see..." "What´s that?" "Nothing, nothing..." "Come with me Ana, I´ll talk to you later..." "And that?" "Take off that gown and put on a decent one, like your sisters!" "I want to use this one!" "Go and take your bath, that´s the last time you talk back at me." "Would you tell me why you kissed your cousin Julian?" "I don´t know." "Didn´t you think of the danger that men represent for you?" "No" "Well, you should know" "You´ll never kiss a man, unless you are married" "But Isabel says..." "What Isabel says doesn´t matter!" "And from this night on, you will sleep in a separate room." "You´re to young to be listening to their conversations" "Ana, ana!" "Did you call me?" "I miss you Ana." "This one only knows to eat marshmallows." "It´s better to eat marshmallows than standing all day in front of the mirror" "You will never understand what is to me, to get rid of this horrible thing we wear..." "I think I understand" "Let me brush you..." "Ana!" "It´s mom!" "A lot of people make a big fuss abouth the South lands business and although it´s true that much of what we have we owe to it. it´s also true that thanks to that concession granted to foreign investors the population in that area was benefit with all the civilization advances." "Why were "Opposition" and "Free Court" cancelled?" "Because they were speaking in the name of a local transportation business that had stocks in the place who were keeping that zone in a state of indigency and barbarity." "Were they being kept that way, or by inertia, or by the State... that was preparing to negotiate?" "Even with that, I don´t see a reason for their cancellation." "Everything can look real at a certain time" "But in that time, those voices could move the people" "And what about the freedoom of speech, the ideals of the Party?" "Come on Pablo!" "It´s like if you were 20 again." "But you made a profit out of that situation!" "I would have made a profit anyway." "There are some men meant to be rich and you wouldn´t be able to be in this economic position." "What´s the meaning of being rich if you have to pay a whole life of embarrassement." "That politics always do the same" "The tout of ideals, behind of which the darkest interests unleash..." "Didn´t you think that those resources favored the interests of one group could be used in the future as a tool for opression and lie?" "Every situation must be defended at the right moment." "I came here to talk about that, but your political attitude matches your private life." "What do you mean?" "That your personal behavior, even in the presence of my mother... has resulted in that way of thinking." "And you come to claim for it." "I see that your false puritanism hasn´t diminished with the years besides, you don´t have to be ashamed for anything." "I think I explained the matter prefectly." "Perfectly, with the same hipocrisy that you, relying on legal niceties, betrayed the whole country!" "Pepe, bring me the bottle, I´ll need some whisky." "One drink with Mamma Janet will immediatly leave you cool!" "I´m not available for anybody" "Let´s put up some music!" "Sounds great!" "Guys, I´m going to come off cheap since I´m already drunk." "Send me a little angel, so she can watch my dreams." "Now a toast for the most handsome congressman!" "For the most stupid." "The poetess will recite something" "Go on!" "or do you need to fire to cheer up?" "Stop it man!" "Come on, it´ll be my first fire!" "Go ahead or I´ll burn you!" "Can I have a drink?" ""You want me safe, you want me made of foam made of nacre, you want me white you want me nubian and pure"" "The only thing that purifies you is fire!" "Don´t you move cause I´ll burn you!" "Leave her!" "Get away!" "My!" "It´s very hot!" "Open a window!" "The house is on fire, come on!" "Don´t go!" "Don´t go!" "Where are we going?" "Well guys, let´s continue the party at a cooler place!" "Pablo, Pablo!" "While we propitiate freedoom of speech, look what these bastards are publishing!" ""C. Esquivel accuses C. Aguirre for the Railway Business"" "An infamous charade!" "They are not as far away from the truth as we would like them to." "What do you mean?" "There´s only one thing I can do..." "Don´t go to Congress today, who could believe in their words?" "There´s only one way to shut them up!" "What´s wrong Ana?" "These are the same measures of last year... are you never going to grow up?" "Well, are you going to use your evening gown tonight?" "Ana is too young for parties." "Why do you say that Madame?" "Ana is a woman now." "Why don´t you allow her mom?" "A lot of young boys are coming..." "In Europe,young girls are being allowed to dance at a very early age!" "I don´t think the european model is appropiate" "Besides we are in Argentina." "She will go with Nana to the movies." "I was told that the "ABC" is showing a really good movie!" "You´ll go to the "Etual", where a movie that is suitable for young ladies, is being shown." ""BROKEN BLOSSOMS"" "It´s not your fault Ana, but it´s the third time I watch "Broken Blossoms".... ...aren´t they showing another movie?" "These are the only ones we´re allowed to see" "Lillian Gish bores me terribly!" "Me too." "always playing "a saint"." "Calm please!" "Ladies, Gentlemen because we didn´t finish the showing of this beautiful picture at other movie house, we are forced to alter our program but you will be able to admire the incomparable talent of Rodolfo Valentino... in "The Eagle"" "What a wonderful man!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "They are stuck like flies!" "With evidence, that you may qualify as "refutable" in the year 1912, one of the members of the opposite party that for a strange coincidence, has the same name that the man refered to in this same debate, in his role as Minister ordered the closing of the newspapers "Free Court" and "Opposition" preventing the annunciation of a fraudulent business." "Covering up, dark personal interests." "I ask for the word" "Granted, C. Aguirre" "These might be my last words in Congress... a few minutes ago, the officialist congressman... using a supposed and sad knowledge," "pretended to diminish, not only my position, but of our Party." "But this is not about making personal defenses." "Personal issues are solved in another field." "The man in his most pure manifestation which leads him to express his feelings his truth, despite growing danger... because, precisely, the truth of every man can become a danger for those that want that the individual to be a spring." "A gear without hierarchy in the monstrous social machinery." "Man has, in his defense, against possible agressions of the intelligence only one thing!" "His moral solvency and his word made truth." "The written word is stoic, in action..." "Congressman Esquivel has pretended, denouncing an alleged affair, comitted by my father disimulate the gravity of the present situation, in which freedoom of speech which is the root of people´s liberty, can be severely damaged." "The imprisonment of two newspapers directors for difamation of members of the cabinet is not only prejudicial against liberty of press, but it means the most sinister violation to people´s rights." "A nation in which press is not at the service of man doesn´t deserve respect from anyone." "And if to achieve that right, is neccesary for us to renegate of the most rooted feelings of caste and family so it be." "As far as my personal opinion goes, little can I add." "it would be futile to discuss if my father was or wasn´t loyal to his convictions by granting that concession that he believed to be good for the nation´s economy." "The truth is that C. Esquivel, has made manifest an hability for villainy proving himself to be a miserable coward, to whom my only answer is this!" "Ana!" "Ana, come to say hello" "What did you see?" ""The Eagle"" ""The Eagle"?" "And how did you like it?" "I really liked it." "It´s different to the others." "You can learn to kiss with that one, with who have you practiced?" "Ana" "Mom" "I´ll go get the girls and we´ll leave" "Ana, you´ll have dinner upstairs with Nana" "I don´t think this boys will leave anytime soon" "What on earth is that?" "Ana, upstairs!" "I´m sorry madame, C. Aguirre is asking for the Dr." "He´s upstairs in his desk Show him in." "The duel has to be in this house!" "Only then, I´ll only accept to be your godfather." "I´m sorry Dr. Castro, I wouldn´t like to cause any more trouble" "On the contrary." "I was eager for a duel in this house they have been passing in the last years but in the good times, Valencia, Cevallos and Timi knew how to duel." "I feel very honored Dr. Castro" "The honor is mine." "Have you already chosen weapons?" "Guns. 20 steps." "To death." "When honor has been hurt, that´s the way it has to be." "Have lunch with me tomorrow." "I want you to sleep here it´s a tradition in my house prior to any duel." "Thank you!" "I´ll scort you..." "Don´t bother" "Better, I won´t have to deal with those kids!" "See you tomorrow!" "See you tomorrow!" "Come..." "My mother won´t allow it" "Don´t listen to her, maybe it´ll be your first dance and my last." "Thanks" "Is it your first time dancing?" "I´ve never cared too much for dancing" "However, one feels wonderful turning and turning" "I never thought you´d like to dance with me" "Wait for us for going to "Paris"" "Not today madame, I must return, master´s orders." "But why?" "Didn´t you know madame, I have to pick up the godfathers." "Luckily, those times are back" "What do you mean?" "That can´t be!" "He had sworn!" "He´s not in duel madame, it´s in the house´s park, tomorrow at 5 a.m." "C. Aguirre is dueling against C. Esquivel for the accusations made in Congress." "Sin!" "In my own house!" "What example am I giving to my daughters?" "Go, Ramón!" "You´re nuns right?" "What the hell are you saying?" "Your way of dressing, you all look like novices, those women that marry God!" "If there were more people that dress like us and not in the shameless way they do... things would be different!" "You´re so right madame!" "If things were different... my wife is expecting her fifth child" "maybe we will have to live without him." "Holy Mother of God!" "What are you saying?" "What´s happening today?" "That´s a crime, a crime!" "What do you want?" "The kid will die of hunger." "I´ll help you." "There are institutions that take care of everything... and if your wife has to work, they´ll take care of the child." "Institutions..." "I know all of them." "The only thing you want later is to figure." "Exploters!" "You get down here." "Sanctimonious!" "You should have lived here!" "You´ll see." "I´ll call the police!" "Criminal!" "Old bitch!" "Police!" "Can I help you?" "We never ask help from the devil!" "Again, and to death!" "It´s on the papers." "I won´t allow it!" "I won´t allow it!" "It´s Pablo Aguirre, the man who came last night and danced with Ana white as marble, he already had dead in his gaze." "I will never allow it in my house!" "We have always held duels in this house." "I don´t know what´s so shocking to you" "I can´t allow it." "Dueling is forbidden" "Specially in this house." "Besides, our daughters are here." "Don´t you ever think about them?" "Lock them up...or better yet... let them come down, that way they´ll see that there are brave men." "so they know, as long as I´m alive, that this house will attend all honor calls." "How long will we continue like this?" "How long?" "Do you have any other solution?" "or have you become a progressist?" "If it´s for your daughters I´ll stay with Ana or better yet, take them all!" "You educated them, didn´t you?" "Don´t worry about me, I can take care of myself!" "Yes, with a trip to Paris or with any party girl don´t you?" "Here we go again." "Do you still believe those stories?" "You won´t be saved!" "You won´t be saved!" "I won´t be condemned by one more duel in my house." "Turn on some candles, maybe if you pray no one will die." "You´ll be damned!" "You´ll be damned!" "TODAY, SISTER PLACIDA´S PUBLIC CONFESSION" "You also like public confessions?" "I always come, they are very fun sometimes" "I sinned My Lord, I sinned!" "Receive me again in your arms!" "Being young, I deceived my parents, being with other men!" "then my husband, and now my children who take me for a saint!" "I´m a sinner, a big sinner!" "I regret and I won´t sin again!" "Listen to me brothers!" "This one´s not saying anything the other day, one woman related how a man had deceived her and taken her to a house, saying that he lived there with his family..." ""I sinned, I sinned" Love is not a sin!" "That´s in the Old Testament" "Are you sure?" "That´s what it says?" "Sir, can I borrow your Bible?" "Sir, can I borrow your Bible?" "Of course sister." "See that no one comes" "What´s wrong with reading the Bible?" "It´s God´s word isn´t it?" "Wait and see." ""Or if he kissed me with the muscles of his mouth because your love is better than wine"" "I won´t read this, it´s not interesting" "Here it is" ""Love is not a sin, I preach... the beams of our house are of cedar"." "Why don´t you read it all?" "Because it´s not interesting." "Really." "Listen" ""that his left may be under my head and his right embrace me..."" "You know what that means don´t you?" "You know what that means don´t you?" "No, who are they?" "King Salomon and his mistress, hear what it says..." "Here it is" ""your breasts like twin baby goats, that are soaked in lillies"" "Listen to this Ana, this is specially for you..." ""We have a little sister who doesn´t have breasts... what are we going to do with her, when everyone talks about her..."" "You realize everything now, don´t you?" "If you don´t gain weight, on your breasts or your baby goats..." "No one will love you." "No one." "You´ve heard it" "No, stop." "Let´s go." "Why did you wait until now to leave me?" "Because today, yesterday and the day before have had a special meaning for me." "I´ve discovered that a lot of things in which I used to believe, are worthless." "they have always been!" "What do I have to do with all of this?" "You were part of that negative life." "I knew that between us there was nothing but we continued, why?" "For feeling failure better..." "I cheated on you with meaningless affairs" "I was cheating my ideals and my country with small political actions and you, the party and the country allowed me to do so." "because you knew that I was "The Man of the Promise"" "a little spoiled, who have to be cheated, because, deep down, you needed to be cheated on." "You´re choosing an elegant way of comforting me even though who you want to abandon is me." "I´m not choosing anything, I´m looking for a way of living" "Suddenly, I´m without a past or a future." "with the only possibility of killing a man or being killed by him." "But you are also defending your honor" "My honor." "My honor was one of those fake facades." "Behind, there were my father´s weaknesses, the weaknesses of my Party or my own inconsistency." "Now you see how little reasons I have for die or kill" "Don´t go then!" "That would be another way of avoiding destiny" "This time, maybe it´s better if he chooses, don´t you think?" "They will stand with their backs together" "They´ll count 20 steps" "They´ll turn around and BAM!" "One of them will be dead." "Blood will run, they will close his eyes and they´ll cover him with a cape." "DUEL TONIGHT BETWEEN CONGRESSMEN AGUIRRE  ESQUIVEL" "He´s here." "He´s on the desk Dad ordered to go down for lunch" "My older daughters, Julieta and Isabel." "This is Pablo Aguirre." "This is Ana, the youngest." "You must excuse my wife, she won´t be having lunch with us." "Mr." "Aguirre, my wife" "We already met." "Shall we go to the dinning room?" "No special considerations." "I´ve already dismissed the godfathers" "If you´d like to rest after eating, the guest room is at your disposal." "Thanks a lot." "I could use some rest." "Alberto will be here at 3." "Have you thought that you could be killed?" "Death is not the worst thing that can happen madame." "And your soul?" "What if you kill Esquivel?" "My wife is strongly devoted, I don´t know why there´s one of everything in her family" "She takes care of the girl´s education." "If they had been boys, things would be different." "I´ve always wanted to have a son." "What do you have against your daughters?" "Nothing, it´s just that with me, the tradition of this house will die" "Noble traditions never die Castro." "Men of good inherit them." "Let´s not think about that." "It´s a very important night." "You can go now" "Ah the old times Pablo." "Do you remeber Palencia?" "He had a privileged arm" "Everyone knew his adversary was going straight to death." "He´s so handsome!" "He´s too young to die" "Not everyone dies in duels." "God saves them." "This one´s to death." "You´re still very young." "See you tomorrow." "I won´t be able to sleep tonight." "Pray for him, for all of them" "I´m sorry." "My mother sent it for protection." "Thanks." "I heard someone in the stairs... and those same steps on the dry leafs of the park." "I pressed my teeth to reinforce my only wish...his death" "There were two shots at the same time." "I descended the stairs like a ghost, almost flying" "Are you mad?" "And in your night gown?" "We´ll talk about this" "The things that happened after that are meaningless and neither do the months that followed that day" "when I opened my eyes during my sickness I could saw his figure lying in the door he didn´t dare to enter." "He became inseparable of my father" "He was on my sister´s weddings in Nana´s death and on my mother´s." "But I had lost forever the shadow of the angel in my window Barranca´s Square, the park, the Briseño´s roundabout." "I came out of my house on the mornings and returned until dawn." "I walked in the city, getting lost in the most sad and remote neighborhoods." "but he was always there waiting for me." "I don´t know if he´s dead or alive." "I don´t know if we´re only two ghosts." "We should have died that night." "He in the duel and I in the angel terrace." "Cover yourself, it´s cold." "Good night Pablo" "Good night Ana and you, the Party and the country allowed me to do so."