I-alter ego ye Benjamín Prado (noma umbhalo ovela kumbumbumbumbulu osayine ezinye zezindatshana zakhe) UJuan Urbano, uyaqhubeka nempilo yakhe entsha yezinganekwane ezigcwele. Ukuze ube ngumlingiswa obalulekile kumanoveli wanamuhla.
Icala elisha likaJuan Urbano ezinsukwini zokugcina zeRiphabhulikhi Yesibili.
"Ngifuna umlandele, umthole, uthole udaba lwakhe, ungixoxele, bese ukhohlwa yilokho."
Ngo-1936, abasubathi abathathu baseSpain baya eMidlalweni Yama-Olympic Yasebusika eyayibanjelwe eJalimane lobuNazi. Abathandi abathathu abasha abashushuluza nokuvakashela ezintabeni, ababefunda eyunivesithi futhi behlala ngentshiseko eMadrid yaseRiphabhulikhi Yesibili. Lapho umhlaba wabo unyamalala, amagama abo asulwa, ngezizathu zemibono noma zokuziphatha. Akukho okuzwakele komunye wabo. Abaphili noma abafile.
Futhi nguJuan Urbano okuthi, eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, indodana yalowo wesifazane owanyamalala aphathise ukuxazulula leli cala. Ucwaningo lwakhe lwembula umlando oyindida wamahlazo okwelashwa, izibhedlela zabagula ngengqondo zaphenduka amajele futhi zasebenzisa ama-biographies adabula eSpain eResidence for Young Ladies nase-Institute-School, leyo yababhali bokudlala nosomahlaya be Izigwaca. Ngalo, kwenziwa iqhinga lamaphoyisa eliluthayo, kwesinye isikhathi ukwesaba, okuholela ekugcineni okungacabangeki.
KuJuan Urbano, ngaphezu kwalokho, kwenzeka olunye uvuko, lapho owesifazane owayephule inhliziyo yakhe ebuyela empilweni yakhe futhi manje obonakala ekulungele ukumjabulisa. Kepha siyazi ukuthi udeveli uthwala konke.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi «Konke kulayishwe usathane», ngo Benjamín Prado, lapha: