SUMMARY
The story takes place during the colonial period in Latin America, a time of injustice and deep social differences, when people lived under the control of the nobility, and everybody, rich and poor, under the dark shadow of the Inquisition.
Maria Hipólita Díaz lives with her grandmother, Mrs. Carlota, in the town of Santa Rita, [...]

SUMMARY
In the XIX century, Matilde Peñalver y Beristain, violating the rules of the aristocracy to which she belongs, falls in love with Adolfo Solís, a soldier without any fortune, believing that her kind father will allow her to marry him. But Augusta has to marry her daughter to a rich man to save the family [...]