The family had been summoned to a special council once, but this only furthered their bewilderment. For this reason his ideas were confused about what to serve to the president. However, the biggest issue was the menu.ĭon Fernando and his wife like most people from the interior had only attended provincial feasts, where they watered down whisky with chicho and ended up devouring roasted guinea pigs with their bare hands. In fifteen days a crew of Japanese gardeners planted, in what used to be a lawn of overgrown weeds and vines, a wonderful rococo garden with sculpted cypresses, meandering paths, a koi pond, a grotto adorned with altars to various deities, and a rustic wooden bridge that crossed an imagined stream. Lastly, there was to be a concert planned to take place in the garden, so naturally a garden had to be planted. Then the rugs, the lamps, and the curtains and paintings for the larger walls. This renovation brought with it others and – like a person that buys a new pair of shoes and then feels they need to show them off for the first time with new socks, which necessitates a new shirt, and that shirt with a new suit and so on, until you are sitting proudly in your new silken underpants like – Don Fernando who was obliged to totally replace the furniture, from the salón consoles to the larder shelves. And as it was an old manor house it was necessary to knock out some walls, enlarge the windows, put down some new floorboards, and paint the walls. Firstly, his residence had to undergo a general renovation. For over two months of anticipation, Don Fernando Pasamano had been preparing the fine details for this illustrious event.

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