sentences:  Nicholas helps José in the garden and his health improves.Garcia, to ingratiate himself with Brande and plant suspicion on José, informs Brande of Nicholas and José's friendship and, intensely jealous of Nicholas's affection, Brande forbids the boy to speak to the gardener again.He has no justifiable cause to dismiss José, so he sets out to punish him and break his spirit by ordering him to build a rockery from boulders.