Josias is upset to learn that the late moneylender did, in fact, have a spy scheme to find out about him.

"Well then, that explains why he knew so much about my life!" Josias bangs his fist on the desk.

"What is it, sir?" Ernesto is amused by Josias's reaction, "Did you think José Augusto was omnipresent?"

"That's what it looked like! I never understood how he found me after such a long time. So it was basically through your means."

"It wasn't exactly my intention." Ernesto apologizes, "I really used to keep vigil in certain places to find out what the neighbors were talking about. Sometimes José Augusto would...