When night fell, the conversations stopped, and the lawyer thought of his children, Cuca and Bebe, both of whom were abroad.

NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho

Pereda died suddenly, when Cuca was five and Bebe was seven.

NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho

As evidence of the first virtue, his son and daughter, Bebe and Cuca, whose childhood and adolescent years had been happy, later accused him of having sheltered them from the hard realities of life, focussing particularly on his handling of practical matters.

NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho