When Violeta is a young woman, a worker attempts to rape her. Torito, who works for the Del Valles yet is considered a family member, rescues Violeta and possibly murders the man. In the novel’s second section, “Passion,” Violeta meets a German immigrant named Fabian Schmidt-Engler. More @Wikipedia
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