Writing
The young daughter of the Count of Aubanel, beautiful and kind-hearted, is loved by all her father's vassals; but she is cruelly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister.
Dawn in Madrid. In the Plaza de la Cibeles begins the daily grind. The statue of the goddess, from its source in the center of the square tells the story of a man, petty speculator, owner of an old building that is going to ask Saint Nicholas for his cooperation to make it sink, and thus be able to lift a twelve-story modern building. But the inhabitants of the block have also implored the Saint to prevent this from happening.
A man gets kidnapped, and taken to a warehouse, to see that his lover is having an affair with another man.