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the floor. I remained seated in the edge of the bed contemplating, not with certain curiosity,
the place in which I was.

Was a room soberly furnished, with a bedroom suite of carved walnut and bed with a
lacy mosquito net. Which was on the first floor, I deduced it for the inclined ceiling and the
thick beams of break-ax that supported it. In that moment entered the old Juana and she felt
frightened to see me seated.

–Ow mister –said the oldwoman– How do you do with these things? I need to rest, the
Doctor ordered that.

She was pushing me firmly by the shoulders forcing me to take the horizontality while I
let her, astonished by the attitude of the stranger.

Immediately I was lying in the bed and covered again while the oldwoman continued
protesting:

–Mister, you’ve moved the plastered arm; that’s not good; he’ll get angry…

–And… the Dr. –I asked shyly.

–Mr. Cerino? He’ll come immediately; –responded the oldwoman– when I tell him that
you’ve recovered.

She approached to the door at my right –the other led to a bathroom according to what I
knew later– but before leaving she turned back and said:

–Stay calm Mister that I’ll bring you a soup and orxata of nuts –She smiled– you’ll see
soon how you recover your force.

As the days passed by I went recovering and fifteen days later I was going down to the
dining room and I realized walks thorugh the adjacent park of the house.

Fifteen days later they took away the plaster and, only at the thirty five days after I
arrived to Santa María, I could leave to Tafí del Valle in amazinf circumstances that I’ll narrate
later.

At the beginning I wrote many times to my parents, lying about a supposed
archeological investigation in the Pucará de Loma Rica to reassure them for my prolonged
absence. I also spoke with Dr. Cortéz with the purpose to request him a fifteen-day extension
to my vacations that ended in those days, but he only agreed when I told him that I had
suffered and accident.

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