Don Avelino no longer cares to protect his medals within the triple-paned glass cabinet; he has had so many disappointments with the government, as the promised payments for his war duties have not been fulfilled. He does not care for his medals as he once used to

A man who made the enemy bite the dust during the Chaco War. A man who later was capable of understanding contemporary art, as shown by his paintings that portray his Yunga's forest

A piece of one of his walls with another piece of his memories captured in a painting

A piece of a horse (work done on leather by him) on another piece of his wall

Another work on leather, Christ in shorts, almost falling of the door of an armoire. This is the Christ who knows of the romance between Casimira and Don Avelino. This Christ has seen them lie together and whisper tender things on each other's ears. This Christ listened to their prayers so no one would find out about their romance. Duing three years they shared a bed and no one in the tiny village found out. Both had their reasons for secrecy, the heroe lacked the courage to face society and admit he was in love with an indian woman, Casimira was not really in love with Don Avelino, she simply accepted him

The day of the accident Don Avelino took two things of his beloved Casimira to remember her by. Her braids, which he takes throughout the house, and so the meritorious can remember her... her dark sking, her thick lips, her big eyes, her high cheek bones, her firm buttocks, her perky breasts with dark and menacing buttons. A gorgeous and intelligent indian, who never allowed to be judged and was known for not having a man

Many were in love with Casimira, and the only one she sort of allowed in her life was Don Avelino. That is why the heroe keeps, with so much respect, this poem, which he found in a hidden pocket of Casimira's slip. It is a letter, an acrostic, one of the many pieces of paper the dispaired ones wrote to Casimira