Brenan arrives at Yegen on foot, interrupting the funeral held for the daughter of the local cacique. He collapses from dysentery and soon learns that the local cacique, Don Fernando, is leaving for Granada with his wife. Brenan rents Fernando’s house for a year and soon enlists the services of María as housekeeper and cook and becomes friends with a local man named Paco. Brenan spends most of his time reading, walking, and trying to write poetry.His friends Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey (who is ill), and Ralph Partridge visit for a couple of days. Brenan, who has been maintaining a correspondence with Carrington, learns during the visit that Partridge and Carrington are engaged. He is crushed, as he had been in love with Carrington.
Matthew Goode
Gerald Brenan
Verónica Sánchez
Juliana
Antonio Resines
Don Virgilio
Guillermo Toledo
Paco
Ángela Molina
Doña Felicidad
Laurence Fox
Ralph Partridge
Jessica Kate Meyer
Dora Carrington
James Fleet
Lytton Strachey
