The outbreak of the Civil War, which poses a significant risk to Higinio's life, occurs after the couple has been married for only a short while (a few months). They make the decision, with the assistance of his wife, to use a hole that they dug into their own home as a makeshift hiding place. They are doomed to a sentence of incarceration that will exceed thirty years because of the combined effects of their love for one another and their anxiety around the possibility of retaliation.
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The outbreak of the Civil War, which poses a significant risk to Higinio's life, occurs after the couple has been married for only a short while (a few months). They make the decision, with the assistance of his wife, to use a hole that they dug into their own home as a makeshift hiding place. They are doomed to a sentence of incarceration that will exceed thirty years because of the combined effects of their love for one another and their anxiety around the possibility of retaliation.
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