Well, remember that in this novel the relationship between
Minerva and Manolo changes as the action progresses. Their relationship doesn't really
start off very well as Manolo is unfaithful to Minerva early on, yet when they both
become leaders in the rebel movement, it is clear that this brings them closer together.
Maria Teresa gives us an insight into the strain that there marriage is under when she
goes and visits them and stays in their very small house in a poor region of the
country:
The
drive today was horribly tense. Manolo and Minerva kept addressing all their
conversation to me, though every once in a while, they'd start discussing something in
low voices.
Later on, Maria
Teresa hears Minerva emit a "cracking sob" and confronts her sister about what is going
on with Manolo, who is out "all hours," and Minerva confesses that Manolo is having an
affair.
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