Escándalo (1940)

The story focuses on a middle-class family. It introduces us to two characters: Corina, secretary of Don Emilio Condal, and his brother Julián, a newspaper columnist. Condal is an influential lawyer, who has great commercial projects of national interest. A foreigner coerces him to stop oil exploration through him. Julian learns of the plan through his sister, but keeps silent. On the other hand, Condal's daughter has fallen in love with Julian, to whom she has given her blood in a transfusion. In the end everything ends well, including the wedding.

El relato se centra en una familia de clase media. Nos presenta a dos personajes: Corina, secretaria de Don Emilio Condal, y su hermano Julián, jefe de crónica de un diario. Condal es un abogado influyente, que tiene grandes proyectos comerciales de interés nacional. Un extranjero lo cohecha para lograr que por su intermedio no se siga explorando el petróleo. Julián se entera del plan a través de su hermana, pero guarda silencio. Por otra parte, la hija de Condal se ha enamorado de Julián, a quien ha dado su sangre en una transfusión.