Don Julián Álvarez, a young and timid priest, goes to the Pazos de Ulloa to serve the Marquis Don Pedro Moscoso as administrator, on the recommendation of the nobleman's uncle. Upon arriving at the Pazos, located in a rural area of Galicia, the priest is scandalized by the decaying state of the palace and the behavior of Don Pedro and his employees: The palace is in a dilapidated state, the library and the accounts abandoned, the chapel neglected by the current abbot. Don Pedro, who is not really a marquis since the title was sold, is ignorant and rustic, although he gives himself the air of a great lord. He spends most of his hunting time surrounded by disreputable characters

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