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In a remote riverside hacienda, the stoic Don Beltrán watches the sky darken, untroubled by the villagers’ warnings of a flood that could swallow the valley. His niece, Agueda, moves quietly through the house, gathering provisions while the old servant Adán prepares the animals for safety. The tension between Don Beltrán’s casual confidence and Agueda’s quiet urgency sets a mood of uneasy anticipation.
The narrative weaves memories of past tragedies: the loss of Agueda’s mother, Nada, whose mysterious illness and untimely death still linger in the family’s silence. As the storm gathers, the characters’ intertwined histories and the looming river create a portrait of resilience and quiet dread, inviting listeners to feel the weight of the impending deluge without revealing what lies beyond the first act.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (365K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by MFR, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2018-06-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

d. 1913
Best known for lively adventure and travel fiction, this late-19th-century American writer turned real journeys into stories filled with movement, curiosity, and far-off settings. Writing as Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield, she published novels and tales for both younger readers and adults.
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