Un pleito

His nephew Carlos, a young lawyer, spends all days writing verses to his beloved one, though Don Severo had promised he would kick him out if he does not find a job.

When his butler Santiago enters, it turns out he is a fellow countryman of the hosts of the neighbour house, and Carlos asks him to learn more about the girl.

Santiago comes back and tells him that the girl came to the city with her aunt to take part in a lawsuit and that he managed to invite them to speak with Carlos, as they need a lawyer.

Santiago assists the old woman find it in a bundle of papers, providing some time to Leonor and Carlos to express their feelings without Doña Cecilia seeing them (No.

Carlos's creditors (an innkeeper, a perfumer, a tailor and so on) beset the threshold, which makes him, a severe Andulasian, to remind the nephew about the debts.

Frenzied with his nephew's accusations of cruelty, he suggests him to reject the case or perish with all his enormous debts; but Carlos can't betray Leonor (Nos.

When Don Severo leaves, Santiago seeks to persuade his master: he should reject the case and marry Leonor, and the uncle would surely give them what they want.