Beltrán has finally put his nose where Natalia least wanted it, and now he offers her a bargain worthy of a vulture: the whole estate for a third of its worth, or all of Seville learns the word 'fraud'. In the finale of The Vinegar Year, the truth turns out to be the most expensive thing in the cellar — and the only one worth keeping.
Part 3 of 3 in The Vinegar Year
La lámpara de Camilo dibujaba círculos de aceite sobre las barricas dormidas. Don Mauricio Beltrán avanzaba por la bodega con la calma de quien no tiene prisa porque cree haber ganado ya, golpeando cada duela con los nudillos. Toc.
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