Caray, Caray!

Thanks again to Novelera for her excellent recaps while I was away. If you want to do some more, I'd be happy to share the opportunities ;-) ).

I was on a birdwatching trip to Venezuela but not in the llanos where DB is set. We were in eastern Venezuela near the border with Guyana. We spent a lot of time like this - peering into a rainforest for a tiny bird to show itself for a second or two. We did see one caiman, just a little one, though, with two eyes.


Interestingly, we did go birding near a shrine sort of like the Virgin of the Tree Bark in DB. This is the the shrine to the Virgin of the Rock.

...and here is the rock with the Virgin indicated.

Everybody loves toucans and here is a picture I took of a Channel-billed Toucan.

Back to tonight's episode...

Santos tells Marisela that she can't leave, that she has to stay with him. Not surprisingly, Marisela tells him that she is neither his farmhand (peon) nor his employee nor does she have an owner. She will do what she pleases with whom she pleases.

Antonio tells Cecilia that he is moving to San Fernando to work for Gonzalo. He doesn't want to leave her but he can't control himself when he sees her and thinks it is better if he goes away. Cecilia starts to cry and says that she doesn't want him to leave. Antonio says that if he stays, they will become lovers when they could have been husband and wife. Cecilia agrees that his leaving is for the best but she is destrozada. She makes him promise that he won't speak about their love again. He promises but says that she will always be in his heart.


When DB tries to intervene between Santos and Marisela, he tells her not to dare touch him.

Pajarote finds Celeste crying by the road. She tells him that she is bored. She doesn't like the hacienda where she works, the boss is crabby, her brothers won't leave her in peace and watch her all the time and her mother gives her jobs to do up to here ('hasta los tuétanos', literally, 'up to the squash'). Celeste asks if Pajarote has a girlfriend. He says no.

Santos tells DB that it is her fault that Marisela wants to leave. He calls her the worst person he has ever met, and says that she is a thief, a criminal, a murderer. Marisela tells him to shut up.
(Unusual shot of Marisela and DB together looking at Santos.)

Celeste is ready to get it on with Pajarote but he says that he has to go get a bull who has an appointment with his cows. "They have all the luck," says Celeste. The encounter convinces Pajarote that his decision not to stay with one woman is wise.

Genoveva is all sweetness and light.

Antonio tells Lucía that they are going to San Fernando.

Marisela tells Santos not to play the innocent. Everybody told him about DB and he stayed in her bed anyway. Gonzalo tries to intervene but Santos calls him a traitor. Santos accuses Gonzalo of taking advantage of what has happened to steal Marisela from him.

Celeste tells her mother about the handsome guy she met named Pajarote. Tigre overhears and says if Pajarote touches a hair of her head, Tigre will kill him. Eustaquia overhears.

Santos punches Gonzalo and Gonzalo orders Pernalete to put Santos in jail until he sleeps it off.

Outside, Marisela tells Gonzalo that she is fed up and can't take it anymore. He says everything will change tomorrow.

Don Encarnación is surprised that Antonio wants to get involved in politics. Antonio tells him that Lucía convinced him to try it.

Marisela tells Cecilia that she is going to San Fernando with Gonzalo. "You too?" asks Cecilia.

Geno overhears Gervasia and Altagracia telling Melesio about their Shakespearean strategy to get her and Pajarote together.

DB comes to see Santos in jail. He says that she can't imagine how much he hates her. DB keeps playing the baby card and saying that she knows that Santos really loves her. Santos tells her to get it through her head once and for all that he doesn't love her.

Marisela tells Cecilia what happend with Santos in the jefetura and how she can't take any more. That is why she is going to San Fernando. Marisela goes to lie down and Cecilia asks how Gonzalo learned to manipulate people so well ('mover tan bien los hilos,' literally, 'move the threads so well').

Santos tells DB that she is worse than the plague. She destroys everything she touches because of the evil she carries inside her. DB replies that what she has done in her life was to defend herself after what happened to her when she was almost a girl. Santos rejects this. He tells her to stop hiding behind what was done to her. He says the the rest of humanity isn't guilty of her rape. He says that she is evil because she wants to be evil. He says that there is something twisted inside her that likes to see other people suffer. DB swears that she has repented for what she has done. She says that the baby she is carrying will be her salvation and make her a better person. Santos isn't buying. He says that she has told him this many times before and he believed her and then she deceived him. He goes on to say that he isn't going to let her destroy the life of his child the way she did with Marisela. She isn't going to be able to hurt the baby because he is going to take it away from her. She protests her love for him again but he says that he doesn't want to hear it and tells her to go away.

Gonzalo tells Pernalete not to let Santos out of jail until the next day after Gonzalo has left town with Marisela. Spinelessly, they agree.

Cosme and Andres are still hoping to get jobs working for Gonzalo. He meets them in the bar. He tells Andres that he should start a newspaper in Progresso that will print the plans that the government has for the region. He tells Cosme that he needs him to oversee the construction of various buildings that he is planning. When Cosme says that to do that he needs money, Gonzalo says that he has an investor who will provide the capital. [We've already seen Gonzalo tell Santos that Sapo was just a businessman so I can guess who is going to be investing in these projects in Progresso. Gonzalo has gone to the dark side indeed.] Cosme and Andres are surprised but they drink a toast to their new projects.

DB flashes back to Santos' words. She says that no one will take her baby away. She meets the priest and says that she hopes he will baptize her baby.

Mujica comes to see Santos in jail and tells him about Gonzalo's orders not to release him until the next day. Santos tells Mujica that he is sure that Gonzalo is scheming to take Marisela away from him again.

Antonio comes into the bar and tells Gonzalo that he has accepted his offer. Gonzalo introduces his new secretary to Andres and Cosme who are impactados. [I don't think DB asked Gonzalo to get Antonio out of town. Gonzalo has made Antonio his secretary for the same reason Pernalete got him involved in the land transfer - Gonzalo thinks that Antonio isn't smart or experienced enough to figure out what he is up to.]

DB is back at El Miedo and wonders what is happening when Celeste and her mother scurry away in fear of her. Eustaquia says that it is because she is used to making people afraid of her. "They who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind," says Eustaquia quoting the Bible (Hosea 8:7 - "Quien sembra vientos, recoge tempestades.")

Andres and Cosme hastily leave the bar. Gonzalo tells Antonio that they have to leave for San Fernando the next day. Antonio is surprised. He says that he has to say goodbye to his 'viejo' and Santos. Gonzalo tells him that Santos is in jail.

DB has a dream where Santos and Marisela tell her how much they hate her and other people call her a devil and when she runs to the cradle, the baby is gone. She tells Eustaquia about the dream. Eustaquia says that it was just a nightmare. DB says no. Dreams are messages from the other side. The gods of her mother want to tell her something. Eustaquia tells DB that the dream means that all the evil in her past is threatening the baby. The gods are telling her that she has to change and undo the bad things that she has done or the baby will pay her debts.

Now Pajarote finds out about the scheme to get him and Genoveva together.

Cecilia is crying. She tells Marisela that she is her grown up daughter and her friend that she wants to love and see again. Marisela tells her not to cry. She won't be so far away and they can talk on the telephone and visit. Marisela says that she has to leave and Cecilia agrees. DB shows up and asks to speak to Marisela. She says that she has come to ask Marisela to forgive her for all she as done.

Genoveva meets Pajarote and they tell each other that they were victims of their friends' plan.

They both agree that neither is in love with the other. But they start to kiss anyway.

Antonio comes to see Santos. Santos calls Gonzalo a traitor. Santos admits he acted like an idiot but he doesn't regret what he said or did. Antonio tells Santos that he is going to San Fernando as Gonzalo's secretary. Santos is surprised.

DB tells Marisela that she knows it is difficult to believe after all she has done but she wants Marisela to forgive her. Marisela doesn't believe her and asks what else she wants since Marisela has already given her the hacienda and Santos. DB repeats that she just wants Marisela's forgiveness. Cecilia asks how DB dares to comes and ask forgiveness of Marisela after she has ruined her life. Marisela says that she understands. DB is asking her for forgiveness out of fear. She is doing it for her child so that her god or demons don't harm the child or punish it. Marisela tells her not to worry. She doesn't hate DB's child. She feels sorry for it. She says that the love DB believes she feels right now is one of her lies. She is using at her pregnancy to get Santos back but she won't be able to deceive Santos again or her either. "Don't worry," says Marisela, "Live in peace if you can. I won't continue to fight for Santos. You have made our love impossible but you will never have him either. Accept it! Santos will never love you again. And this baby will not be happier than I was because you don't know how to love. This marvellous woman (indicating Cecilia) has tried to teach me what is good and what is bad. And, forgive me Aunt, today I can't be a good person. Bárbara Guaimarán will have to live without my pity (piedad) because I am definitely not forgiving you! "

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