Maria followed the other women down a dark corridor, and at the end she entered a collective dormitory where the guards collected the covers and began to distribute
the beds. A different woman, who seemed to Maria to be more human and more hierarchical.
tall, she walked down the line comparing a list to the names the newcomers entered
written on a cardboard sewn into the bodice.
When she arrived in front of Maria she was surprised that she did not carry her identification.
"I just came to talk on the phone," Maria told him.
She hastily describes to him that her car had broken down on the road. The
Her husband, who was a party magician, was waiting for her in Barcelona to turn three
engagements until midnight, and he wanted to let her know that she was not in time for
accompany him. It was going to be seven. He should be out of the house in ten minutes, and she
she was afraid that she would cancel everything because of her delay. The guardian seemed to listen carefully.
-What's your name? She, ”she asked him.
Maria told him her name with a sigh of relief, but the woman didn't find it after
go through the list several times. She asked an alarmed guardian, and this one, with nothing
to say, she shrugged.
"It's just that I just came to talk on the phone with an offer, Maria."
"Okay, maja," said the superior, leading her to her bed with a sweetness.
too ostensible to be true - if you behave well you can talk on the phone with
whoever you want But not now, tomorrow.
Then something happened in Maria's mind that made her understand why the women of the
bus moved as in the bottom of an aquarium. They were actually appeased

with sedatives, and that shadowed palace, with thick stone walls and staircases
frost, it was actually a mental hospital. Scared, she ran away
from the bedroom, and before reaching the gate a gigantic guardian in a
Mechanic caught her with a claw and pinned her to the ground with a skeleton key. Mary
she stared at her, paralyzed with terror.

1.Write your point of view from the previous text

2. Where do you think Maria went?

3. With what intention did the women write her name on a cardboard?

4.María needs to talk on the phone because