ʻO ka ʻumi makahiki o ka makahiki kanaono ma ka hapa nui o ke ao komohana ʻaʻole pēlā ma Sepania i kaupaona ʻia no nā makahiki he Francoism. I ka manawa ua nānā au i ka moʻolelo «Maikaʻi kēia lā akā ʻapopo iaʻu«, Na Salvador Compán, a nāna i hōʻike i ka palena palena o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo Sepania i kēlā manawa.
I ka hihia o kēia puke ʻO ka pō ma mua, Bea Cabezas e kamaʻilio ana i kēlā manawa mōʻaukala akā mai kahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopilikia i nā wahine, kahi wahine i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia i loko o Sepania hina, kahi i maʻa ai nā wahine i ko lākou hopena home.
He wahine ʻōpio ʻo Ana e hana nei ma Diario de Barcelona ma ke ʻano he stenographer. ʻO kāna hana nui ʻo ke kōkua ʻana iā Eduard, he mea kākau moʻolelo novice. ʻO ka pilina hana o kēia mau mea kāne a me nā wahine i hānau ʻia i ka ʻona e nā alakaʻi kaiaulu i kaha ʻia, e nā kuleana i manaʻo ʻia a me kahi hierarchy kūlohelohe i kēlā me kēia.
Ua ʻike ʻo Eduard i loko o Ana he wahine akamai i ka nūpepa. Ma muli paha o kona kūlana pōkole ma ke ʻano he upstart i ke kālepa, ʻae ʻo ia i ka hiki iā Ana ke hana a launa pū me ia e like me ka like. A hui pū lākou i ka hana o ke komo ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka papahana moʻomeheu. Nīnauele lākou i nā mea hoʻokani pila o ʻEulopa a ʻike i nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka Pyrenees ma luna.
Ua ʻike ʻo Ana ma ka nūpepa he haipule, he hoihoi, he ʻoihana i hoʻohoka ʻia e ka wahine. A laila ua hoʻāla ʻia kona kipi, hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hele i kahi lōʻihi loa a hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kona leo i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kaulike a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā mana hana o nā wahine.
ʻAʻole neʻe mau ka pilina me Eduard ma nā ala o ka ʻike a me ke kākoʻo. Aia ʻo ia i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻole ʻia. I loko o kona manaʻo i ʻae ʻia e pōmaikaʻi i loko o ka hui ʻaʻohe wahi no ke komo ʻana me ke kumu nalowale o Ana.
Akā, hoʻolohe ʻo Eduard iā Ana, ʻae ʻo ia e ʻoluʻolu iā ia, a hoʻomaopopo i ka pono ʻole e kau nei ma luna o Ana a me nā wahine. I ka pōkole, kahi manaʻo e hoʻolauna iā mākou i kekahi o kēlā mau hakakā kūikawā āna i hoʻohui ai i ka gestate a hoʻololi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke ʻO ka pō ma mua, ka puke hou na Bea Cabezas, ma aneʻi: