during his quest to find the true origin of his granddaughters, the count of albrit befriends the girl’s teacher, poor old pío coronado. too kind for his own good and saddled with six unseen but abusive and sluttish daughters, coronado would like to kill himself, but he lacks the courage. the straightforward count tells the tutor that he will be only too happy to toss him off a cliff into the sea, whenever coronado is ready.