‘It’s the devil right there on the wall, said Dona Agueda. It will kill the best day. What demon boy! How bad is it!

Catherine knew that saying the demon or the devil, referred to
Martin.

Carlos had once told his sister:

-Do not talk to that thief.

But Catherine did not seem any crime that Martin cogiera fruit trees and they eat, and that it ran along the wall. She seemed to her extravagance, because since childhood he had an instinct for order and tranquility and it seemed wrong that Martin was so mad.

The Ohandos owned a garden near the river, with large magnolia and linden trees and surrounded by a hedge of brambles.

When Catherine used to go there with the maid to pick flowers, Martin followed them many times and stayed at the entrance to the hedge.

‘Come if you like Catherine told.