Úrsula was confused. Inspite of the esteem she had
for Pietro Crespi, she could
not tell whether his decision
was good or bad from the
moral point of view after his
prolonged and famous
engagement to Rebeca. But
she finally accepted it as an
unqualified fact because no
one shared her doubts.
Aureliano, who was the man
of the house, confused her
further with his enigmatic and