Don Diego and Felipe were puzzling which ancient creature's bones are preserved in natural tar when don Alejandro reports the heir to the Portillo hacienda is none other then- sergeant Jaime Mendoza, an orphan but distantly related. Inliving houseman Torres tells Mendoza the legend of the builder, conquistador Portillo, who hanged himself for a fatal love and according to legend haunts the estate; the pueblo's other gentlemen tell the new don not to worry and accept invitations to his first banquet.