FORGIVENESS
Detail of “View of the Port of Miravete, Old Madrid Road” by Manuel Barrón y Carrillo, 1869
A father and son had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set off to find him. He searched for months to no avail. Finally, in a last desperate effort to find him, the father put an ad in a Madrid newspaper.
The ad read: Dear Paco, meet me in front of this newspaper office at noon on Saturday. All is forgiven. I love you. Your father.
On Saturday 800 Pacos showed up, looking for forgiveness from their fathers.