Mu Old Quarter, malinga ndi mbiri ndi mawu omwe tidalandira kuchokera ku mibadwomibadwo, nthawi zonse amakhala mogwirizana.
Mabanja omwe amakhala mdera lamatawuni anali amodzi, zonse muzochitika zosangalatsa komanso zodziwika ndi zowawa. Anthu a m'masiku amenewo anali okhulupirira zachipembedzo: zinali zokakamizidwa kupezeka pamisa ya anthu asanu kapena tsiku lililonse ku Cathedral; Zachidziwikire, munthu sangaphonye kolona kapena ola loyera lomwe kwa zaka zambiri bambo Jardón-woyambitsa Mpingo wa Marian- adakondwerera ambuye okha. Andrés Jardón, mchimwene wake, adawerenga rozariyo pozuka kwa oyandikana nawo ndikupita nawo kukapemphera kukapemphera pamaso pa manda.
Anapitanso kukachita mwambo wopembedza kapena wopembedza m'malo opempherera a Colegio de San José, oyandikana nawo m'mapiko omwe anakumana ndi Abasolo komanso ophunzira amkati mwa nave omwe amayang'ana patio.
Kwa zaka makumi ambiri amakhala ku Old Quarter, kuwonjezera pa bambo Jardón - omwe anthu adawawona akudutsa atazunguliridwa ndi ana ndikuyandama kapu yake yakuda - Canon Juan Treviño, wodziwika bwino kuti "Father Juanito", ndi Father Juan José Hinojosa, yemwe anthu ambiri adamuwona akungotulutsa sikuti akamakondwerera ntchitoyi, komanso akamayenda mumsewu ndi nkhope yake yodzikongoletsa.
Nthawi yotentha ya chilimwe misewu idadzazidwa ndi mipando ndikugwedeza mipando yochokera ku Austria kapena ku La Malinche. Kumeneko, Don Celedonio Junco, yemwe adadutsa ndi nyuzipepala m'manja mwake, kapena General Garza Ayala, yemwe, malinga ndi Dr. Gonzalitos, adagwira cholembera komanso lupanga, adalandiridwa mwachikondi. Pakadali pano, anyamata omwe anali mumsewu adasewera mosamala, kubisala, kusilira anthu, kapena kudumpha bulu.
Masiku okumbukira kubadwa ndi masiku opatulika a achichepere ndi achikulire anali chifukwa chokomera mtima ndi chisangalalo mchakudya komanso mu piñata yopusa; Kusefukira komweku kunawonedwa munthawi ya Khrisimasi ku posada ndi abusa.
Nyumba iliyonse inali ndi piyano kapena chida china monga vayolini ndi gitala. Misonkhano m'nyumba ya Don Celedonio Junco inali yotchuka; nyimbo, mavesi ndi zomwe zidakonzedwa zidasangalatsa omvera.
Kumbali yawo, atsikanawo adapanga ophunzira achikazi komanso kutenga nawo mbali pazikondwerero zachikhalidwe komanso zaphwando. Ichi chinali chisangalalo chomwe anthu akumaloko ndi alendo adatcha malowo "dera la Triana."
Zinali zachizoloŵezi kuti kuwonjezera pa ndemanga pa zochitika zandale kapena Revolution, kapena chaputala chomaliza cha buku lomwe El Imparcial anaphatikizamo, zokambiranazo zinali zokometsera zomwe zidachitika mdera: mtsikana yemwe adagwa pakhonde, Don Genaro kuti adachoka pachihema chake ndipo sanabwererenso, mnyamatayo yemwe kavalo wake adathawa ndikumukoka mita zingapo, ndi zina zambiri.
Zochitika zina zinali zachiwawa, monga za wapolisi yemwe adalamula kuti banja la a Castillón lituluke m'nyumba yawo pasanathe maola 24 kupita ku Carranza, osadziwa. Ena anali oseketsa, ngati msungwana yemwe adakonza zothawa ndi chibwenzi chake ndikuvomera kuvala chovala chobiriwira kuti adziwone. Agogo ake aakazi, munthu yekhayo amene amakhala naye, amapita ku misa pa faifi, ndipo imeneyo ingakhale nthawi yabwino kuthawa. Koma agogo aja adatenga chovala cha mdzukuluyo, yemwe ankanamizira kugona. Wolimba mtima wachikondi, wodziwa chovalacho, adamunyamula ndikumuika pa kavalo wake, koma poyatsa nyali yoyamba adazindikira chisokonezo. Amati agogo awo anali osangalala m'manja mwa wokwerayo.
Nthanoyi idalamuliranso m'deralo. Phokoso, mapazi komanso mithunzi imamveka ndikuwoneka m'nyumba zakale. Mafupa omwe anakwiriridwa mumtengo wa mtedza; ngalande zachinsinsi zochokera ku tchalitchi chachikulu kupita kusukulu; azimayi okhala ndi mipanda yolimba; zisoti zachifumu za mafano zomwe zikapakidwa zimakwaniritsa zokhumba; piyano yomwe imasewera yokha; kapena wankhondo wina yemwe, atatsala pang'ono kudzipha, amakumana ndi bishopu kukhomo lakumpoto kwa tchalitchichi yemwe amamupatsa ndalama kuti apulumutse kudzipereka.
Mbiri, miyambo ndi nthano, yomwe yakhala Quarter Yakale mzaka zambiri. Kufunika kwake ndi kupulumutsa kudzabwezeretsa ku Monterrey chidutswa chokongola ichi chakale.
