Pepita Jimenez

On March 22 four days after returning to his home in Andalusia Luis de Vargas writes the first of his letters to his uncle and favorite professor at the seminary He reports that his father intends to fatten him up during his vacation to have him ready to return in the fall to finish his training for the priesthood He mentions in passing that his father is courting a twentyyearold attractive widow Pepita Jiménez his father is fiftyfive years old Pepita had been married for only a short time to an eightyyearold moneylender named Gumersindo Luis is not eager to see his father marry again but he promises his uncle not to judge Pepita before he knows her