Manola gets out of bed and decides not to go out. Some think she's sick, others think she's just tired, but Barrantes knows all too well the family curse of the bedridden. By all means he tries to prevent the contagion from spreading, but no one takes his advice seriously and the infection spreads. The town is soon taken over by sloth and the world begins to fall apart. However, the real tragedy is that Vero no longer wears the same size clothes and does not seem willing to accept it.
—CRTVG