A seventeen-year-old boy named Patricio Gomez drives an old woman with recurring pain named Ursula Bowles to La Luz. The main road on the way in to town is closed, but Patricio knows a short cut. Once they arrive in La Luz, Ursula sends a telegram to her adult daughter’s lover on her daughter's behalf. Next, Patricio and Ursula go to an oculist. However, Ursula learns that her appointment has been canceled due to a sudden death in the doctor’s family. Patricio drops Ursula off at a pharmacy. Before Ursula goes inside, she gives Patricio money to buy her groceries and to get lunch for himself. Inside the pharmacy, in addition to her normal purchases, Ursula buys pain killers. Ursula goes to a nearby funeral parlor. She asks, in non-euphemistic language, if they do cremations. The staff are put-off and do not answer Ursula's questions, so Ursula leaves to get lunch. She is invited to eat with a man named Enrique. While Enrique rambles about his travels, Ursula remembers eating with her late husband Philip in France. Eventually, Patricio arrives and the two of them leave La Luz. During their drive back, the two switch places, and Ursula takes over the wheel. Back at her house, Ursula watches the sun set from her terrace.