Capítulo 57: 57th time

---I know things that come back to my memory. He could never have loved her-Marutta confided more quietly-come on, I'll tell you. Xixata and the ...........

The news of Tahirza's triumph in the great battle of the low plains caused a commotion in the sacred city of the Chibchas, even though the government tried to play it down. Soon the refugees began to pile up outside the walls and the neglected and abandoned city became overpopulated, bringing outbreaks of cholera and malaria, increasing crime and malnutrition, poverty in the population, who begged crumbs to the government of Ita and Rut Za Berú. These for their part were taking the edge off the situation, blaming Tahirza for all the evils that existed and to be had; in the demagogic speeches in the slums given by Ita, while distributing food for the impoverished population, stimulating laziness, the decision in a people that was hardworking and progressive.