Caray, Caray!

Marisela tells Santos that Melesio and the terneras are leaving Altamira. "You threw them out!" she cries. Santos says that he only threw Antonio out, not the others. Marisela replies that if Antonio leaves, all the others do too. They depend on Antonio to support them. DB says that Anonio should have thought of that before getting involved with Cecilia. Marisela tells her to butt out. She is talking to Santos.

"What happened?" she asks, "When did you lose your heart and your goodwill? You, who were always talking about protecting and caring for your own. They are yours, Santos, we are yours. You don't want to see Antonio and Cecilia in love but they are human and they make mistakes. Like you! Because you make mistakes, too. Santos, you are the least perfect of all of us. Santos, please, don't let them leave. Don't break my heart again. Don't fall off the pedestal I put you on, Santos. Don't behave as if you were a wretch ('miserable'), Santos." Marisela walks out without another word and Santos stands there stunned.

Federica is all excited that Antonio wants to marry her even though he tells her not to get near him and that he would like to see her dead. She says that she doesn't care. She will be the wife of Antonio Sandoval.

Cecilia, Genvoveva and the vaqueros:
C: Guys, is what Genoveva said true? You all slept with Federica?
Pajorote: Yes... No... that is to say, more like she slept with us.
C: Ah.. but... all three?
Maria Nieves: But not at the same time! (all three say, no) First one, then the other...
C: That is ... unbelievable ('inaudito').
Carmelito: But we didn't know about it, Señorita Cecilia.
C: She didn't .... force you, or did she?
Maria Nieves: Almost. She trapped us.
C: But I don't understand why she would do that, if suposedly she was in love with Antonio and was carrying his baby. Because the baby is Antonio's, right? Antonio is the father?
Genoveva: We don't know who the father is now because Federica slept with everyone but least of all with Antonio. I'm sure of that.
C: My God! My God! What have I done?
Pajarote: Can we ... help you with anything?
Genoveva: Yes you can help. (yells) Get out of here! Bunch of losers!
Lorenzo comes in and Cecilia tells him that she was an idiot. She now believes that Antonio is innocent.

Antonio makes his demands to Pernalete for marrying Federica: a ranch ('hacienda') for him and Federica, a house for Antonio's father and nieces and some cattle. Pernalete has no choice but to agree but he is furious with Federica when she comes to ask him about a wedding dress, etc. He says that he is paying to marry her to Antonio so that her behavior doesn't affect his chances of getting re-elected.

DB criticizes Marisela's lack of respect for Santos in coming to El Miedo and yelling at Santos that way. Santos says Marisela is convinced that he has acted badly. DB tells him to pay no attention to what Marisela said. As an example of Marisela's ingratitude, DB tell Santos how Marisela rejected her birthday gift of a trip to Europe. Santos says he doesn't understand. He thought DB was going to give Marisela the hacienda for her birthday. DB makes a quick recovery. She says that she thought the trip would broaden Marisela's horizons. She says that Marisela is very uncivilized ('silvestre,' literally 'forest-like, wild'). Santos disagrees. Then he says that Marisela was right. He is a wretch. He gets up leaves to go to Altamira. DB is furious.

The vaqueros return to where they sleep and find Gonzalo and his friends there (henceforward, I will call the three of them 'the rebels'). When the rebels says that they are working at Altamira, the vaqueros jump to the conclusion that Santos has fired them like he did Antonio.

Santos goes to his office at Altamire. He tells himself that Marisela is right. It is an injustice for Melesio to have to leave his home because of Santos' problems with Antonio. He writes out a paper deeding the Sandoval house and adjacent property to Melesio.

Lorenzo and Marisela go to the Sandoval house to try and persuade Melesio and the terneras not to leave.

DB is angry that Santos listened to Marisela. Eustaquia tells her that Santos is a good person. She can't force him to do what she wants.

At the Sandoval house, Marisela and Lorenzo try and get Melesio to change his mind about leaving. Marisela says that she can't live without having the terneras nearby. Santos comes to the house and tells Melesio not to leave. Santos says that his problems with Antonio don't have anything to do with the rest of them. He tells them that he is giving them the house. Antonio tells Melesio to stay there with the terneras. Tearfully, Melesio says goodbye to Antonio. Santos tells Marisela that maybe he isn't such a wretch after this. Marisela is underwhelmed. She says he had to do this not to commit any more 'Luzardadas'.

Lorenzo says that he wants to talk to Santos.
Lorenzo: Let us talk about you becuase you can't avoid being who you are. You fall easily into violence and passion... like me, like our fathers. The difference is that you raise yourself up from your errors, you fight against your nature and you always go for your ideals. That is what gives me hope.
S: Hope for what?
L: To find out whether you really are the 'different Luzardo' that you promised. There is still time to achieve that, Santos.

Marisela tells Cecilia about what Santos did and says that a little of the real Santos still remains. DB hasn't taken over everything.

Santos is surprised at Lorenzo's words and serious attidude. Lorenzo says that he has given up his cinicism. He couldn't live like a dignified man. He will die like one. He asks when Santos will talk to Cecilia.

The vaqueros and the rebels come to see Santos. Santos explains the situation of the rebels to the vaqueros and asks them not to tell anyone about there being at Altamira. They agree.

Santos names Carmelita the new head vaquero at Altamira. He doesn't want to anything against Antonio but he accepts when Santos says that he will get more money to enable him to marry Gervasia.

Carmelito goes to see Gervasia. She says that if he accepts her with Leon's baby, she will accept him in spite of his having slept with Federica. He says that with the extra pay as head vaquero and extra money that Santos has given him, they can get married. Juan Primito is there and he overhears. Gervasia invites him to the wedding.

Lorenzo has political discussions with rebels and they applaud his rhetoric. Cecilia and Marisela are amazed at the way Lorenzo has changed.

When Santos returns to El Miedo and tells DB that he gave some of this property to Melesio, DB is horrified. She calls Melesio a bankrupt peasant ('campesino alzado'). Santos doesn't want to discuss the decisions he made about his property with her. DB asks if Santos was serious shen he said that she would be the Señora de Altamira. If that is true, then he has given away land that belong to her. Santos says that she will be señora of Altamira when she returns El Barquereña to Marisela and until then he will do what he wants with his land.

Gonzalo pitches woo to Marisela.

When DB tells Santos that she is the only one who cares about him, he gets mad at her for talking to him like he was something that she can appropriate. He says that he isn't hers and he isn't anyone's. He goes on to says how proud he is of Marisela for speaking up for what she thinks is right. DB backs off and tells Santos that she wants to sleep in his arms.

The next morning DB pretends to support Santos' decision to give house to Melesio but once he leaves El Miedo, she tells Eustaquia that she blames Marisela for everything.

Juan Primito tells Leon that Carmelito and Gervasia are getting married. Leon goes to see Gervasia and threatens her.

Cecilia goes to see Antonio now that she knows he was telling her the truth. He won't listen and when a prostitute appears in Antonio's room, Cecilia leaves.

The two rebels, Cósme and Andrés, are in the schoolhouse when three terneras, Genoveva, Josefina and Melesia come in. Genoveva is disgusted but the other four have a mutual attraction.

It appears that DB's plan is to take over Don Encarnación's (DE's) hacienda. To do this, Danger and BP are stealing his cattle. DE has gone into Progresso to file a complaint and he runs into Santos. According to BP, Pernalete's part of the plan is to get DE tied up in endless litigation.

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