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La Promesa: Catalina Desenmascara Al BaróN: Veneno, Complot Y RedencióN
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00:00Catalina unmasks the man. Poison, plot, and redemption.
00:10The promise is rife with rumors when the man from Valladares demands Catalina's solitary exile
00:15and sews false accusations against her and Pia.
00:20While Angela falls ill and Petra falls victim to a mysterious liniment,
00:24Yana and Dr. De La Serna uncover a belladonna poisoning that points to the man.
00:31In a public trap in the library, Samuel, Lopez, and Vera provide evidence.
00:36Even Cristobal breaks his silence and the man's plan falls apart.
00:42With her arrest assured, Catalina is vindicated.
00:46Pia regains her position and the promise breathes.
00:49Unity and truth have defeated ambition.
00:53The air in the promise had become dense, almost unbreathable, like that preceding a violent storm.
01:00Every hallway, every room, every corner of the service was permeated with a tension that clung to the skin and chilled the bones.
01:11Words were weapons and silences, minefields.
01:15At the center of this invisible but devastating hurricane, Catalina de Luján stood tall and defiant,
01:21like a solitary beacon against the onslaught of a raging sea.
01:28The threat of the Viadares man still resonated in her ears, not like an echo,
01:32but like a hammer incessantly beating the walls of her skull.
01:35She must abandon the promise alone.
01:41The insolence of the proposal was so vast, so offensive, that it was almost absurd.
01:45Leaving her family, her children, her husband, the home she had fought tooth and nail to keep afloat.
01:57It was like asking him to rip out his heart and keep walking.
02:01His refusal had been resounding, a granite wall forged in Luján's pride,
02:06but the man was not a man to take no for an answer.
02:08His smile, a thin grimace devoid of all warmth, had promised her consequences.
02:17And the consequences were coming like a plague of locusts.
02:21The rumors, at first venomous whispers in the salons of the nobility who visited the palace,
02:27had turned into open accusations.
02:31Catalina de Luján, the instigator.
02:34She had sown the seeds of revolt among the workers.
02:38The words singled her out, branded her, turning her into a pariah in her own world.
02:46She could see the echo in the glances of the neighboring marquises,
02:49the cold distance and the gestures of some members of her own family.
02:56The pressure was like a boa constrictor slowly tightening around her chest,
03:00seeking to suffocate her, but Catalina was not one to drown in silence.
03:04That same afternoon, the tension reached its peak during lunch.
03:12The dining room, usually a space of restrained formality,
03:16was transformed into a battlefield.
03:17It was Martina who lit the fuse with a seemingly innocent but venomous comment.
03:25It is a real shame that our family's reputation should be so tarnished by these revolutionary ideas.
03:34One would think that someone with responsibilities would be more cautious.
03:40He said, casting a fleeting but pointed glance toward Catalina.
03:46Catalina set her silverware down on her plate with a sharp thud that made everyone jump.
03:52Her eyes, normally filled with a keen intelligence, now burned with an icy fury.
03:57You speak of caution, Martina, you who have shown yourself to have the prudence of a moth to a flame.
04:09If we are going to discuss stains on this family's reputation,
04:12perhaps we should start with palace intrigue and alliances of convenience,
04:16rather than pointing the finger at those who care for the well-being of the people
04:19who hold this palace together with the sweat of their brow.
04:24The attack was so direct, so brutal, that Martina paled, but Catalina was not finished.
04:32Her gaze swept the table, lingering on each face, challenging them.
04:37Or do they believe that the promise works by magic?
04:40That the fields will grow by themselves and the food will appear on their plates by divine decree?
04:45Workers have a voice, and if that voice is raised, it is because for too long no one has bothered to listen.
04:53It is easier to blame a messenger than to understand the message.
04:56It is more convenient to point the finger at me than to admit one's own negligence.
05:01The silence that followed was deafening.
05:04The Marquis, her father, looked at her with a mixture of pride in her ferocity and panic at her words.
05:09Cruz, her stepmother, watched her with barely concealed hatred.
05:16War had been declared and Catalina, far from seeking refuge, was sharpening her weapons.
05:24She felt alone, cornered, but solitude often forged the toughest steel.
05:30She would not give up, she would not give them the pleasure.
05:33While the storm raged in the noble halls, in the bowels of the palace, in a locked room, another struggle, much quieter but just as desperate, was taking place.
05:46Angela felt like a flower wilting in a vase without water.
05:51Confinement was consuming her.
05:54It wasn't just the lack of freedom, it was the fear, an insidious fear that crept beneath her skin.
05:59She felt a growing weakness, a fatigue that didn't match her inactivity.
06:09Sometimes a fine tremor would run through her hands and her mind would feel cloudy, confused.
06:16Mother, please, she pleaded with Leocatia through the closed door.
06:21I need a doctor.
06:24I don't feel well, I beg you.
06:26Leocatia's voice on the other end was harsh, forged in fear and a steely determination to protect her in her own way.
06:35It's your nerves, daughter.
06:37The confinement is affecting your mind.
06:39You're fine.
06:42No, I'm not, Angela shouted, pounding on the door with what little strength she had left.
06:47I feel like I'm fainting.
06:53Please, just so I can calm down.
06:56Let a doctor see me.
06:58If he says I'm fine, I won't bother you again.
07:00There was a long silence.
07:04Leocatia was fighting an internal battle.
07:07The fear that someone would discover her daughter's situation was immense,
07:10but the panic in Angela's voice was genuine.
07:12The fear of losing her was even greater.
07:18Finally, with a sigh of surrender, the lock turned.
07:23Very well, she agreed, her voice tight.
07:26I will call Dr. de la Serna.
07:29But let's be clear, Angela, this will be a quick visit and you will not say another word.
07:35Do you understand?
07:36Angela nodded.
07:37A flood of relief washed over her, though the sinister feeling did not leave her.
07:44Something was terribly wrong inside her.
07:47Elsewhere in the palace, the tension between Cristobal and Ricardo had reached a point of no return.
07:55Cristobal's accusation that Ricardo had asked Manuel to intercede on their behalf was absurd,
08:00a twisted fabrication, but it revealed the depth of the resentment the former butler harbored.
08:07You lie, Ricardo said, his voice low and controlled, but vibrating with suppressed anger.
08:15I would never stoop to asking for favors in that way, especially not through a young master.
08:21My loyalty to this house is unquestionable, unlike yours, which seems to change with the direction of the wind.
08:29Cristobal let out a bitter laugh.
08:31Loyalty.
08:32You talk about loyalty when your eyes have always been set beyond your station.
08:38You have always believed you deserved more.
08:40I saw you, Ricardo.
08:42I saw you for years moving in the shadows, accumulating secrets like a miser hoards coins.
08:49Do you think no one notices?
08:51But I do.
08:52And I assure you that the favor you asked of Manuel will be your downfall.
08:55The confrontation hung in the air, charged with a palpable threat.
09:02Ricardo understood in that instant that Cristobal was not just resentful, he was plotting something.
09:09He was an enemy within the walls and one far more dangerous than he had imagined.
09:16The accusation was not the end, it was only the beginning of his attack.
09:21The pain, however, took many forms in the promise.
09:23For Samuel, it was an open, bleeding wound in his soul every time he saw Pia.
09:34Seeing the former housekeeper, a woman of impeccable dignity and competence, degraded to the most humiliating task, was an injustice that burned him inside.
09:42He found her on her knees, scrubbing the stone tiles of the service corridor with a brush, her face contorted with effort and humiliation.
09:53Her hands, once skilled at directing and organizing, were now red and cracked from the soda.
10:00He stopped, unable to continue walking.
10:06He wanted to say something, to offer help, to cry out against the cruelty of the Marquises, but the words stuck in his throat.
10:16Pia looked up and their eyes met for a moment.
10:18There was no self-pity in her eyes, but an exhausted resistance, a strength that refused to break.
10:25But he saw beyond that, he saw the pain, the exhaustion, the injustice.
10:33And at that moment Samuel felt a surge of impotent rage so strong that he had to clench his fists until his nails dug into his palms.
10:40He couldn't stand it, he couldn't stand it, he couldn't be a mere spectator to that cruel deed.
10:48He vowed silently that he would find a way to help her, to restore her to her rightful place.
10:55That vision of her kneeling on her knees became the driving force, the cause that would stoke an unexpected fire inside him.
11:03In the meantime, a more physical but equally persistent discomfort tormented Petra.
11:10The doctor's diagnosis had been a simple stiff neck, but this was much more than just stiffness.
11:18It was a stabbing pain that radiated from the back of her neck to her shoulder,
11:22sometimes accompanied by dizziness and a strange tingling sensation in her fingers.
11:28The pain soured her temper, made her irritable and clumsy in her tasks.
11:33She dropped trays, snapped, and her usual efficiency had vanished.
11:40You look like you're carrying the weight of the world on your neck, Petra, Candela said sarcastically as she watched her try to put some plates in the cupboard, grimacing in pain.
11:49Leave me alone, Candela.
11:54I'm not up for your jokes, Petra replied in a sharp voice.
12:00But even she was beginning to doubt the diagnosis.
12:03This wasn't normal, she felt as if something foreign had taken up residence in her body,
12:08an invader that was tensing her muscles and clouding her senses.
12:11She dismissed the idea as nonsense, but a small, dark fear began to take root in her mind.
12:21In the kitchen, the emotional epicenter of the service,
12:25Simona and Candela had turned their attention to a new target, Lope's obvious bad mood.
12:29The cook, normally passionate and full of life,
12:36moved between the stoves with the energy of a ghost and the irritability of a wounded bear.
12:42His dishes were still impeccable, but they lacked the joy that always characterized them.
12:47Something's wrong with this boy, Simona said, stirring a stew with her eyes fixed on Lope.
12:57And he's dressed me in my best shawl because it has a woman's name and starts with V.
13:02Candela added with her usual perspicacity.
13:06They decided to tackle the problem with the subtlety of a battering ram.
13:10They waited for Vera to enter the kitchen for a glass of water before launching their offensive.
13:14Lopez, my son, your face looks like your canary has died.
13:20Simona began.
13:23Is it because our Vera doesn't treat you well?
13:26If so, tell us and we'll read her the riot act.
13:29Candela continued, winking at him.
13:34The intervention was the spark that set the prairie ablaze.
13:37Lope, who had been holding back frustration and fear that were eating away at him for days, exploded.
13:44They can't leave me alone.
13:46They always have to be poking their noses where no one wants them.
13:51Vera, who already felt watched and judged, felt directly attacked.
13:56Maybe if you talked about what's happening to you instead of treating everyone with contempt, they wouldn't have to ask.
14:02He snapped.
14:03I have nothing to talk to you about.
14:07You don't know anything about me, Lope replied, and his words, full of disproportionate anger, hit Vera like a slap in the face.
14:14Well, you're right, she shouted, her eyes filling with tears of rage and pain.
14:24I don't know anything and I don't want to know anymore.
14:27Deal with your demons on your own.
14:30Vera ran out of the kitchen, leaving behind a thick, desolate silence.
14:33Loay, her face distraught, hit the work table with her fist.
14:41Simona and Candela looked at each other in horror.
14:45Their attempt to help had caused a catastrophe.
14:48They had broken something they didn't know how to fix.
14:53Lopez leaned on the table with his head in his hands, feeling his already precarious world crumble around him.
14:59They couldn't understand it.
15:04They couldn't know that his bad mood wasn't due to a simple lover's anger, it was due to fear.
15:10Fear was excruciating because of the letter he had received three days ago.
15:14A letter with a stamp he knew all too well, demanding money in exchange for silence about a dark secret from his past.
15:22A secret that, if it came to light, would not only destroy his life in the promise,
15:27but also his relationship with Vera forever.
15:31Dr. De La Cerna's arrival at the promise was a discreet event.
15:36Leo Katia led him directly to Angela's room, insisting that it was just a routine checkup for a nervous breakdown.
15:44The doctor, an older man with a sharp gaze and a calm manner, nodded without asking questions.
15:52Inside the room, Angela's appearance alarmed him.
15:55She was pale, with deep circles under her eyes, and her hands were visibly shaking.
16:02It didn't seem like a simple nervous breakdown.
16:05Good afternoon, miss.
16:06Can you tell me what's wrong?
16:08He asked kindly, sitting down next to her.
16:13I'm tired, doctor, always tired, Angela whispered.
16:17And my muscles sometimes twitch on their own.
16:21And I have trouble thinking clearly.
16:24Quote.
16:25The doctor took her pulse, tested her reflexes with a small hammer, and asked her to follow his finger with her eyes.
16:32Her pupils were slow to react.
16:36Everything in her screamed that something else was going on.
16:38Have you noticed any strange tastes in the food or drink?
16:44He asked almost randomly.
16:46Leo Katia, who had been watching from the doorway, tensed.
16:50The food is the same as the one we all eat.
16:53She spoke too loudly.
16:55The doctor ignored her and kept his eyes fixed on Angela.
16:58The young woman frowned, trying to remember.
17:05Water sometimes has an aftertaste, like earthy, bitter, but I thought it must be me.
17:12Dr. De La Serna felt a stab of cold in his stomach.
17:17The symptoms were vague, but together they drew an unsettling pattern.
17:20He remembered reading about certain slow-acting plant poisons derived from unusual plants that caused precisely that.
17:32Chronic fatigue, tremors, mental confusion, a progressive deterioration that could be mistaken for a nervous disease.
17:41I'm going to need a urine sample, miss, and I would also like to take some of the water you usually drink,
17:47he said with a professional calm that masked his growing alarm.
17:50What for? Leo Katia asked suspiciously.
17:56To rule out anything.
17:58Is the standard procedure, the doctor lied smoothly.
18:04He left the room with the samples, promising to return with the results, but he did not go to his laboratory.
18:11He knew he needed discretion and, above all, an ally within the palace.
18:15His mind fixed on the only person who had shown the intelligence and courage to face the intrigues of the promise.
18:23Yana Exposito.
18:26He found her in the service area helping to mend some sheets.
18:30He pushed her aside with an excuse and quietly expressed his suspicions.
18:34Yana, I need your help.
18:40I think Miss Angela is being poisoned.
18:42Yana felt the ground open up beneath her feet.
18:47She listened attentively to the doctor, her mind working at a dizzying speed, connecting pieces that until now had made no sense.
18:54The confinement, the secrecy of Leo Katia, Angela's deterioration, the water, Yana said, as if she had just had a revelation.
19:06The water in the jug that Leo Katia brings her every day.
19:10No one else drinks from that jug.
19:12What kind of poison could it be, doctor?
19:14I'm not sure without an analysis, but the symptoms point to a plant-based alkaloid, something that acts slowly so as not to arouse suspicion.
19:27Whoever is doing it is patient and methodical.
19:31And cruel.
19:32The word cruel hung in the air between them.
19:35In the promise, cruelty had many faces.
19:39We must get a sample of that water without Leo Katia noticing, Yana decided.
19:44And we must find out who has access to that jug.
19:49In the meantime, Petra's situation took a dramatic turn.
19:54During the service dinner, as she was trying to pour the soup, a violent spasm ran through her neck.
20:02She dropped the tureen with a crash, which shattered on the floor, and she collapsed, clutching her neck and screaming in pain.
20:12Panic gripped the room.
20:14Loe and Mauro lifted her up and carried her to her room.
20:19Dr. De La Serna, who had not yet left the palace, was urgently called.
20:26He found Petra in her bed, rigid, with the muscles of her neck and back contracted in an unnatural arch.
20:32Her symptoms were much more acute than Angela's, but the doctor recognized the same underlying neurological pattern.
20:40This is not a stiff neck, he murmured as he examined her eyes.
20:48This is severe poisoning.
20:52Yana, who had run over when she heard the commotion, heard the doctor's words and felt a shiver.
20:57Two poisonings in one day.
21:01It was no coincidence.
21:03It was an attack.
21:04What do you use for pain, Petra?
21:07Yana asked, kneeling beside the bed.
21:09A liniment, Petra stammered with difficulty.
21:13The man from Valladares gave it to me.
21:18He said it was an old recipe, very effective for muscle pain.
21:22Quote.
21:24Yana and the doctor exchanged a glance.
21:28The man's name echoed in the room like a sentence.
21:32Where is that in a man?
21:33The doctor asked.
21:36Petra pointed to a small dark glass bottle on her nightstand.
21:40The doctor took it with a handkerchief, opened it, and smelled it.
21:46The aroma was sweet, floral, but with a bitter note in the background,
21:49the same that Angela had described in the water.
21:54Belladonna, the doctor said in a low voice.
21:58A whisper or a similar plant, in small doses, in a liniment relaxes the muscles.
22:05But if absorbed in excess or ingested, it causes this.
22:09And if administered in drops in water, day after day, it kills slowly.
22:15The enemy's plan was revealed to them in all its diabolical simplicity.
22:19He was attacking on two fronts, in two different ways,
22:23two people who apparently had nothing in common.
22:28Or did they?
22:29Samuel, tormented by the image of Pia, had not been able to remain still.
22:33He decided that impotence was not an option.
22:39If he wanted to help her, he needed to understand why she had been demoted in this way.
22:46He knew it was related to the workers' uprising, but the accusation against her had always seemed flimsy to him.
22:51He began to ask discreet questions, to listen to other people's conversations, to observe.
23:01His opportunity came that same night.
23:04He saw the Valladares man meeting in the garden with a man he did not recognize,
23:08a foreman from one of the neighboring farms.
23:12Hidden behind some hedges, he listened carefully.
23:14The money will be yours when the job is finished, the man said in his soft, deadly voice.
23:22I need those rumors about Catalina de Lujan to become certainties.
23:27I need other day laborers to testify that they heard her incite the revolt.
23:30A few well-placed coins do wonders for men's memories.
23:36Don't worry, man.
23:42By tomorrow everyone will swear that Miss Catalina was the one who lit the fuse,
23:46and the former housekeeper, Pia, will also remember her involvement.
23:52A perfect scapegoat to satisfy the Marquis.
23:57Samuel felt his blood run cold.
23:59It wasn't a suspicion, it was a conspiracy.
24:04The man had orchestrated the uprising to frame Catalina and get rid of Pia in the process.
24:12The ultimatum to Catalina to abandon her promise now took on a terrifying meaning.
24:17He wanted to isolate her, weaken her, and once she was out,
24:21surely destroy her reputation completely.
24:25And Pia, Pia had been collateral damage,
24:28upon sacrifice to give more credibility to the farce.
24:33With his heart beating wildly, Samuel quietly retreated.
24:37He had the proof, but it was his word against that of a man.
24:39He needed more, he needed allies, and he could only think of one person brave enough to listen to him.
24:50Catalina de Lujan
24:51Meanwhile, in the kitchen, desolation had given way to action.
24:58Lope, after his outburst, felt consumed by guilt.
25:01Vera avoided him, and her silence was more painful than any scream.
25:09Finally, he could bear it no longer.
25:10He waited for her outside the bathroom in the backyard under the pale light of the moon.
25:19Vera, wait, he said in a broken voice.
25:23She stopped, but did not turn around.
25:25What do you want, Lopez?
25:26Forgive me, I shouldn't have shouted at you like that.
25:30It's not your fault, it's mine.
25:33I have a problem.
25:34Quote
25:34And then the words began to flow awkwardly at first, then in a desperate torrent.
25:41She told him everything about her past before the promise, a life of gambling and debt in Madrid.
25:51About a dangerous man to whom she owed a fortune.
25:54And about the letters she showed him the crumpled paper, the veiled thread.
25:59They were asking for an amount of money that she would never be able to raise and if she didn't pay,
26:03they would come to the promise and reveal her past to the marquises.
26:06She was afraid, she confessed with a broken voice.
26:13Afraid that they would fire me.
26:16Afraid that you would find out and never want to see me again.
26:21Vera turned slowly.
26:23Her eyes were full of tears, but not of rage.
26:26They were tears of compassion.
26:29She approached and, to Lopez's surprise, took his hand.
26:33Idiot, she whispered.
26:34Did you really think I would leave you for something like that, for a mistake, from the past?
26:40What hurt me was your silence, your disdain, not knowing what was happening to you.
26:45And then Vera told him her own secret.
26:48She told him about her family, about how they had lost everything because of an unscrupulous nobleman who had swindled them.
26:54She confessed that she had come to the promise not only looking for work, but also for information, because she suspected that this nobleman was related to the Luhans.
27:04On that cold night, under the silent gaze of the moon, their secrets stopped being barriers and became bridges.
27:16The crisis had not separated them, it had united them in a way they had never experienced before.
27:21You are not alone in this, Lopez, Vera said, squeezing his hand.
27:30We will find a solution together.
27:33At that precise moment, Yana, who had been looking for Lopez to ask him about the herbs in the kitchen, found them.
27:39She saw the letter in Lopez's hand and the expression of relief and determination on their faces.
27:49She didn't need to ask to know that something important had happened and she realized that the web of secrets and lies that had been drowning the promise was beginning to unravel.
27:58Unravel!
28:00Yana gathered her impromptu group of allies in the secrecy of Catalina's workshop, the only place where they felt safe.
28:06There was she, Dr. De La Serna, Lopez, and Vera.
28:13Shortly after, an agitated Samuel burst into the room urgently demanding to speak with Catalina, who had just arrived.
28:22The scene was surreal.
28:24The marquise's daughter, a doctor, a cook, a maid, and her husband's lackey, united by a common threat.
28:30Samuel, his voice trembling but firm, recounted the conversation he had overheard in the garden.
28:41The man's conspiracy to frame Catalina and Pia.
28:45Then, Dr. De La Serna presented his findings.
28:51Angela's slow poisoning through the water and Petra's acute intoxication with the liniment.
28:55In both cases, the poison seemed to come from the same source, belladonna or a similar plant.
29:06And both products, the water and the liniment, had a common link, the man from Viadares.
29:14Petra had confirmed it.
29:16And in the Inangelis case, who else but someone with the freedom to move around the palace and Leocatia's trust could have repeatedly adulterated the water?
29:23Lopez, in turn, produced the extortion letter.
29:30I don't know if it's related, he said.
29:32But this pressure began just when the man began spending more time here.
29:38The man threatening me is a notorious thug in Madrid's underworld.
29:43The kind of person a nobleman would use to do his dirty work.
29:48The pieces of the puzzle fell into place with terrifying clarity.
29:51Viadares was carrying out a multifaceted and ruthless attack on the promise.
29:59His main target was Catalina.
30:01He wanted to expel her, destroy her.
30:04The uprising was a farce to smear his name.
30:08The ultimatum, the final blow.
30:11But why?
30:12Why so much hatred towards her?
30:14The poisonings were tactics of distraction and terror.
30:16Poisoning Petra, one of the Marquise's most loyal servants, sowed chaos in the service.
30:27And the attack on Angela.
30:29That was the most disconcerting.
30:31Leocatia, Yana said suddenly.
30:33The man has been courting Leocatia, gaining her trust.
30:40She would have given him access to Angela's room or at least the water jug without asking questions.
30:47The plan was diabolical and complete.
30:50The man was destabilizing the family from above and below.
30:52He was isolating Catalina, sowing panic among the servants.
30:59And who knows what else?
31:02He wants the promise.
31:04Catalina said, her voice barely a whisper.
31:07It's not for me, it's for the estate.
31:10If he forces me to leave, if my name is tarnished by the revolt, he will convince my father that I am unfit to manage anything.
31:17He will offer himself as a savior, as the strong manager the family needs and once he has control he will take everything.
31:29The monstrous and terrible truth settled in the room.
31:33They were not fighting a simple rival, they were fighting a predator.
31:38We have no solid evidence, the doctor said.
31:42My analysis will confirm the poison, but it will be difficult to link it directly to him.
31:47And your testimony, Samuel, is the word of a servant against that of a man.
31:53It will tear us apart in a court of law.
31:57So we will not do it in a court of law, Catalina said, standing up.
32:01The fear in her eyes had been replaced by a flame of steel.
32:07We will do it here in the promise.
32:09We will set a trap for him and make him expose himself in front of my entire family.
32:13The plan was risky, almost suicidal, but it was the only one they had.
32:21They spent the next few hours designing every detail, every move, every word.
32:28Each had a role to play.
32:31The night became their ally and fear their fuel.
32:34The next day, the promise dawned with a false calm.
32:41The Marquis, influenced by rumors and peer pressure, called a family meeting in the library after lunch.
32:49The subject, Catalina's behavior and her involvement in the revolt.
32:53The man from Valladares, of course, was invited to attend as a friend and advisor to the family.
33:00It was the perfect trap.
33:03Catalina confronted her father before the meeting.
33:06Father, I ask that you trust me.
33:10Just once more, listen to everything that is said in that library today before you make a decision.
33:15Listen carefully.
33:19The Marquis, seeing the desperate sincerity in his daughter's eyes, reluctantly nodded.
33:26The meeting began with its usual tension.
33:29The man took the floor in his measured, paternalistic tone,
33:33lamenting the unfortunate situation and the radical influence that seemed to have affected Catalina.
33:37Veiled accusations followed one another, painting Catalina as a dangerous renegade.
33:48Just when the Marquis seemed ready to pass sentence, Catalina interrupted him.
33:54Before I am condemned, there are other urgent matters that this family must be aware of.
34:01Matters that affect the safety of all of us who live under this roof.
34:05That was the signal.
34:08The library door opened and Dr. de la Serna entered.
34:12With professional calm, he informed the Marquis's of Petra's condition,
34:16describing the symptoms of acute poisoning.
34:21Then, in a serious voice, he spoke of Angela's condition,
34:25revealing that she was suffering from a slow and systematic poisoning.
34:30He placed two laboratory reports on the table.
34:33In both cases, the substance was the same, a derivative of belladonna.
34:37A potent and difficult to detect poison.
34:41A collective gasp ran through the room.
34:44Cruz and Alonso looked at the doctor in horror.
34:49Leo Katia, who had been summoned with an excuse, turned as pale as wax.
34:54The liniment that poisoned Petra.
34:55Catalina continued, taking control.
34:59It was a gift, a gift from the Viadares man.
35:04All eyes turned to the man who forced a smile of disbelief.
35:07How absurd.
35:11It's a harmless herbal prescription.
35:13The maid must have misused it.
35:17And Angela's water, Yana interrupted, breaking all protocol and entering the library behind the doctor.
35:23It was also misused.
35:27The poison had been added to her jug for weeks.
35:31Only someone with Leo Katia's trust could have done so.
35:35Someone like you, man, who has spent so much time earning her favor.
35:40Insolent, the man roared.
35:42How dare a maid accuse me, Marquis.
35:47Put things in order.
35:49But before Alonso could react, Samuel stepped forward.
35:54In a clear, firm voice, he recounted the conversation he had overheard in the garden.
36:00Detailing the man's plan to pay false witnesses to frame Catalina and Pia for the revolt.
36:04The man laughed.
36:08A shrill, nervous laugh.
36:11The word of a lackey.
36:13This is a ridiculous plot orchestrated by my dear Catalina to divert attention from her own guilt.
36:20It seemed the situation was reaching a stalemate.
36:23It was their word against yours.
36:27But then Loe and Vera entered the room.
36:30Loe was carrying a small safe.
36:34Man, Lopez said, her voice trembling but determined.
36:38I recognize her handwriting.
36:40It's the same as the one from the man who's been extorting me.
36:44Vera opened the box and took out a series of letters.
36:48My family was ruined by a man who used the same methods as you, man.
36:55Deception, threats, forged documents.
36:58He took everything from us and for years we've kept the original correspondence.
37:04Vera placed one of the old letters next to a note the man had written to the Martianess a few days earlier.
37:12The handwriting was identical, the style unmistakable, but the final proof, the coup de grace, didn't come from them.
37:19It came from Cristobal.
37:23The former butler, who had remained silent in a corner of the room, observing everything, stepped forward.
37:30All afternoon he had been struggling with his conscience.
37:37His resentment towards Ricardo was deep, but when he heard the accusations, when he saw the evidence, he remembered conversations, glances, small orders from the man that at the time hadn't seemed important, but that now fit into the macabre mosaic.
37:49He realized that the man had been manipulating him, using his resentment to create division.
37:57The man is lying, Christopher said, his voice ringing with the authority of one who knows the truth.
38:08I saw it myself.
38:09I saw him near Angela's room on several occasions at odd hours, and I also heard him instruct his valet to take care of a matter with the day laborers just the day before the uprising.
38:20At the time I didn't think much of it, but now, now it all makes sense.
38:30The accusation I made against Ricardo, he suggested to me.
38:34He poisoned my mind against him.
38:38Christopher's confession was the final shovel of dirt on the man's chest.
38:43His face fell.
38:45The mask of affability shattered, revealing the cold, calculating evil that lurked beneath.
38:50Trapped, with no way out, his arrogance turned to blind rage.
38:58Fools, he hissed, looking at the marquises with utter contempt.
39:03They deserved it, this decadent family, clinging to a glorious past that no longer exists.
39:11The promise should be mine.
39:13I would know how to make her prosper, unlike you weak and sentimental ones.
39:20In his outburst he confessed everything, his hatred for Catalina, whom he saw as the only intelligent obstacle in his path.
39:29The plan to take control.
39:31Everything.
39:31The marquis Alonso, his face hardened by betrayal and fury, rose to his full height.
39:39Quote.
39:39Civil guard, he said in a voice that brooked no reply to one of the lackeys waiting at the door.
39:49Come immediately, this man is under arrest.
39:52The man from Valladares was escorted out of the library uttering threats and insults.
39:57His fall is swift and spectacular as his rise had been.
40:00A dense silence fell in the room, charged with the aftershocks of the earthquake that had just occurred.
40:09Little by little the silence was broken.
40:12The marquis approached Catalina, looked at her, and in his eyes there was deep regret and immense pride.
40:19Quote.
40:19My daughter, he said, his voice heavy with emotion.
40:25Forgive me for doubting you.
40:28Catalina, exhausted but triumphant, simply nodded and for the first time in weeks allowed herself to lean on her father,
40:35feeling the weight of the world lift from her shoulders.
40:37The end of the storm brought an unexpected dawn for the promise.
40:46The outcome was, against all odds, a happy one.
40:51Catalina was completely vindicated.
40:54Her name was cleared and her position in the family and in the management of the estate was strengthened as never before.
41:02She had earned the respect not only of her father, but of all who had doubted her.
41:07Her steadfastness and pride were not flaws, they were her greatest virtues.
41:14Angela was released from her confinement.
41:17With the care of Dr. de la Serna and the correct antidote, a slow but steady recovery began.
41:26Leocatia, horrified at the extent to which she had been manipulated and the mortal danger in which she had placed her daughter,
41:32poured out apologies and care, mending the broken bond with love and devotion.
41:37Renewed.
41:39Pia was immediately reinstated as housekeeper.
41:43The Marquis himself apologized to her for the terrible injustice committed.
41:49The gratitude she felt towards Samuel was immense.
41:53He had not only defended her, but had risked his own safety for her.
41:56A new and deep bond of respect and affection was born between them, a silent promise of a shared future.
42:07Petra, although convalescent, recovered from the poisoning.
42:10The experience had changed her.
42:12Having been on the brink of death and having been saved by those she had often despised, spoke to her heart.
42:22Her gratitude, although expressed with her usual awkwardness, was sincere.
42:26Loay and Vera, having shared their darkest secrets, emerged from the crisis closer than ever.
42:35The Marquis, impressed by Lopez's loyalty, decided to help him settle his old debt, securing his future in the promise.
42:42The couple's relationship, now built on total honesty, blossomed with new strength.
42:53Cristobal's confession and the revelation of the man's manipulation allowed for a shy rapprochement between him and Ricardo.
43:01The resentment, though not forgotten, was replaced by a mutual understanding.
43:05They had been pawns in the same game and that shared experience opened the door to a possible reconciliation.
43:14The promise breathed a sigh of relief.
43:16The poison, both literal and metaphorical, had been purged.
43:23The conspiracies were replaced by truth and mistrust, by a new unity forged in adversity.
43:28In the silence of the night, Catalina looked out her window at the moonlit fields, her home.
43:42They had tried to take it from her, they had tried to break her, but they had failed,
43:46because the true value of the promise lay not in her lands or her title,
43:50but in the unexpected loyalty of those who in the darkest moment decided to fight together for her.
43:58And that, she realized, was the happiest ending she could ever have imagined.
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