She and her orphaned companion Pepita were returning from praying for the daughter at a nearby shrine. Marquesa de Montemayor was a mother mourning the damaged relationship with her daughter.He spent years investigating - to learn about the five victims. "Some say that we shall never know and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer day, and some say, on the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God." Was there something about them that destined them for this tragic end? Was their death random chance or part of a divine plan? Why was I spared? In 18th century Peru, Brother Juniper was out for a walk when he witnessed the bridge collapse, sending 5 people plunging to their death in chasm below.
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