A local woman Martinón purchases from her father, Ubaldo, to become his wife. She adapts well to mountain life but develops a mysterious illness that worsens during her pregnancy. She dies in childbirth alongside her stillborn baby, an event that deeply unsettles Martinón and directly leads to him purchasing Adela as a replacement heir.
Pascuala and Adela share a parallel tragic fate as victims of Ubaldo's transactions and Martinon's isolation.
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