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As their son grew Pelayo and Elisenda never told him how it was they�d grown rich and every time he asked his parents they became moody and secretive. Their son felt as though a secret was welled up between he and his parents. Filled with uncertainty he began to take long walks through his family�s land, on the road to town. One day he was returning from such a walk His eyes wandered from hill to hill and up and down until they settled on a dying old man lying in the embankment along the road. He slowly made his way down to the old man and examined him; the grandfatherly figure begged the son to help him, that his leg was broken. Pelayo and Elisenda�s son examined the broken vagrant and noticed his bag, which he took by force and opened. The young man didn�t know whether he was looking at a thief who�d robbed his parents, or a fool who was trespassing with his life savings tucked under his arm. None the less he picked up a nearby rock and threw it, killing the man. He took the money and felt, under the circumstances, assured of his own innocence. |
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