 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maria Civit akanga ari mutengi wechiremba wemishonga uye mutengesi wemabhuku Dr. Gassol, uyo nguva nenguva aimukweretesa rimwe remabhuku ake mazana maviri pamusoro pemisoro yakasiyana-siyana: upenyu hwevatsvene, mabhuku omunyengetero, mabhuku pamusoro pearithmetic nemishonga, mishonga yemakwenzi nemishonga, mabhuku emashiripiti, mabhuku etsika, mabhuku enhau... Iyi dzidzo yetsika yezvemagariro yakashandiswa zvikuru kuna Maria nemurume wake, zvose maererano nekutungamirirwa kwezvemari yeimba yavo pamwe chete nemufananidzo wevoruzhinji wemutungamiri wehondo weMossos. Basa raCivit somuporesi raiva rakakosha: pakati pezvinyorwa zvemhuri yeVeciana, manotsi mazhinji pamishonga anogona kuwanikwa muCivits handwriting, achiroora mabikirwo ekurapa kubva kumagwaro aakaverenga nemishonga yakakurumbira kubva mutsika yemuromo. Mukati meHondo yeNhaka yeSpain, kutambudza kwake mapoka evapanduki vanorwisana neBourbon nemapoka evapambi akasiya Meya weValls akakuvadzwa zvakanyanya pane dzimwe nguva; akaporeswa nemudzimai wake nezvirongwa zvaakanga achengetedza zvakanyorwa. 