Izolo sikukhumbuze lo mbhali ubalaseleyo, UEmilia Pardo Bazán. Sikulethele ubomi kunye nomsebenzi wakhe, zombini zishwankathelwe ngokufutshane, kwaye sakushiyela awona mabinzana akhe adumileyo. Namhlanje, sifuna ukuhlalutya, ngokufutshane nangokuzonwabisa, yenye yeenoveli zakhe ezidumileyo: "I-pazos de Ulloa".
Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ukuba ingantoni le ncwadi kwaye ufunde isicatshulwa esifutshane kuyo, yiba nekofu okanye iti kwaye wonwabele eli nqaku kunye nathi.
"I-pazos de Ulloa" (1886)
Le ncwadi ebhalwe ngo-1886 ichaza ibali lika UDon Pedro Moscoso, IMarquis yaseUlloa, ohlala yedwa kwindawo enobundlobongela kwiipazos zakhe, idomeyini yabakhonzi bakhe. NgoSabel, intombi yesicaka sakhe uPrimitivo, i-marquis inenzala ye-bastard, abathi nguPerucho. Xa uJulián, umfundisi omtsha, efika kwipazo, unyanzelisa i-marquis ukuba ifumane umfazi ofanelekileyo, ke utshata umzala wakhe uNucha, ongazukumthintela ekuthandweni ngumkhonzi wakhe ngokungekho mthethweni.
Kweli qhekeza silibeka ngezantsi, sinokubona umdla kwi-sordid, eqhelekileyo ye-Naturalism (isus of Realism) yexesha:
Abafundi be-angelfish babebengezela; izidlele zakhe zanikezela umlilo, kwaye wayandisa impumlo yakhe encinci kunye nomnqweno omsulwa kaBacchus njengomntwana. U-abbot, eqhwanyaza iliso lasekhohlo kakubi, wachitha enye iglasi kuye, wayithatha ngezandla ezimbini wayithi nkxu ngaphandle kokulahla nethontsi; waqhuma ngoko nangoko yintsini; kwaye, ngaphambi kokuba aphelise umqulu wokuhleka kwakhe, wawa intloko, ibala kakhulu, esifubeni semarquis.
-Uyayibona? Wakhala uJulian esentlungwini. Mncinci kakhulu ukuba angasela ngoluhlobo, kwaye uzakugula. Ezi zinto azenzelwanga izidalwa.
-Bah! Kwangenelela iPrimitivo. Ngaba ucinga ukuba umxhonti akanako ngale nto anayo ngaphakathi? Ngaloo nto kwaye ngokufanayo! Kwaye ukuba awuyi kubona.
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-Ingaba ihamba njani? UPrimitivo wambuza. Ngaba ukwimeko yokufumana enye ipenny?
U-Perucho waguqukela ebhotileni emva koko, ngokungathi kunjalo, wanikina intloko hayi, eshukumisa isikhumba segusha esityebileyo kwii curls zakhe. Wayengenguye umntu wakudala ukuba anikezele ngokulula: wangcwaba isandla sakhe epokothweni yebhulukhwe kwaye wakhupha ingqekembe yobhedu.
"Ngale ndlela ..." yakhalaza i-abbot.
"Ungabi ngumbharbhari, Primitivo," i-marquis yakrokra phakathi kokumnandi nengcwaba.
- NguThixo nangeNtombi Enyulu! UJulian wabongoza. Baza kusibulala eso sidalwa! Ndoda, sukunyanzelisa ukunxila komntwana: sisono, sisono esikhulu njengaso nasiphi na esinye. Awunakho ukungqina izinto ezithile!
I-Primitivo, ime nayo, kodwa ngaphandle kokumyeka uPerucho, yajonga umfundisi ngendlela ebandayo nenobuqhophololo, ngokucekisa abo baziphakamisayo umzuzwana. Ukubeka ingqekembe yobhedu esandleni somntwana kunye nebhotile yewayini engatyhilekiyo kwaye egalelwe phakathi kwemilebe yakhe, wayitsala, wayigcina injalo de bonke utywala badlula kwisisu sikaPerucho. Ikhutshwe ibhotile, amehlo enkwenkwe avalekile, iingalo zakhe zatyibilika, kwaye zingasekho mbala, kodwa ngobuso bokufa ebusweni, ngewayewile ejikeleze itafile, ukuba uPrimitivo wayengamxhasi ».