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The story is "El arrepentido" and so far a nephew (Ruti) and his uncle are talking at a bar. The nephew told his uncle that he had a fatal disease. At the end the uncle commits suicide and leaves a letter for his nephew.

"Querido Ruti: Sé muy bien que no estoy enfermo, porque no sentía ninguno de los dolores que te dije. Después de tu reconocimiento consulté a un médico y quedé completamente convencido. No sé cuánto tiempo habría vivido aún con mi salud envidiable, porque estas cosas, como tú dices bien, no se saben nunca del todo. Tú sabías que si me creía condenado, no esperaría la muerte en la cama, y haría lo que he hecho, a pesar de todo; y que, por fin, me heredarías. Pero te estoy muy agradecido, Ruti, porque yo sabía que mi dinero era sucio, y estaba ya cansado. Cansado y, tal vez, eso que se llama arrepentido. Para que Dios no me lo tenga en cuenta -tú sabes, Ruti, que soy buen creyente a pesar de tantas cosas-, dejo mi dinero a los niños del Asilo."

Question: Is the uncle saying that he knew Ruti was lying to him about the disease in order to get all his money from him in an inheritance?

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Is the uncle saying that since he is dead he is happy because he is not in pain anymore and also he is proud of Ruti and knew that he would not be angry if he gave his money to the children's shelter?

This is an interesting part of the story. Has anyone done something interesting in Spanish class with this story? - taraj79, Feb 13, 2012

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The first one

The uncle was a pretty messed up guy who had used dirty money to set up his bar by the sea. He was regretful about this. His nephew was going to inherit his money and bar, so to speed up this process, he told his Ucnle he was dying. - taraj79, Feb 13, 2012

The really dark part of this, is as a response to his nephew's lie, he kills himself and leaves the money to a children's shelter all to get revenge on his greedy nephew. - taraj79, Feb 13, 2012