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Prologue

• Mr. Cruz is regaining consciousness in a hospital bed, with a doctor and two women in the room
• As he lies there, Cruz remembers many of his business dealings and his assets.
• Cruz asks for Padilla and the tape recorder.

Chapter 1, 1941: July 6

• Two ladies enter a shop looking for wedding garments. The girl wonders if her father will attend the shower.

• Some Americans are discussing mining and other businesses with a Mexican man.
• The Mexican man asks his secretary Padilla about how to find the financing he needs, then takes him to lunch.
• Artemio's wife, Catalina, and daughter, Teresa, are sitting in the hospital room as he thinks of them as unattractive humanity.

Chapter 2, 1919: May 26

• Gonzalo Bernal dies in prison and Artemio Cruz visits his father, Don Gamaliel Bernal where he meets the daughter, Catalina.

• Artemio and Gonzalo had played a role in the Mexican Revolution on...

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