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‘I was’ Luiz dis brown fingers ‘How is randmother?’

The medic felt the sweat break out across his brow as he er man’s dark eyes It seemed to him that there was more than a hint of the ruthlessness the press spoke of in his dark, penetrating gaze

The doctor tried hard to put a positive spin on his account of his patient’s health, but Doña Elena’s health was not what it had been

Luiz summed up the situation in his usual concise htly since you contacted et better’

Luiz had always prided hi a realist, but this oddly was the first tirand that should not hit him so hard—her decline was inevitable—but that did not stop hiuts

The doctor sighed and looked sympathetic ‘I’ling to gauge the younger ave as lasses ‘Of course if I am needed…’

Luiz, his expression soement of the courtesy ‘Goodbye, Doctor’

He was still standing watching thehole the death of his grandmother would leave, when a cheery voice hailed him

‘Luiz!’

He turned in response to his na at a trot

Raer five years earlier Experiencing a lot of resistance in the early days of his tenure, he had appealed to Luiz for support in his efforts to bring about soh in the Sierra Nevada, where tradition was i ere vieith suspicion

Over the years the tworelationship, but a friendship When Luiz had discovered the desperate condition of his grand advice and put all her financial eggs in one basket; they had sy had helped him to save the estancia from imminent financial ruin