Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna February 1823, kushora kwake kufamba kweFrance kupinda muSpain (iyo
Rwendo rweSpain) rwokubatsira Ferdinand VII kurwisa vanhu vake vanopandukira rwakakonzera nyonganyonga muChamber of Deputies (France). Mukushora kwake kudenha kweFrance, Manuel akaratidzira (kunyange zvazvo akanga asingakwanisi kupedza kutaura nemhaka yokuti akadanidzira pasi) kuti mambo weSpain aizova munzvimbo yakafanana neiyo Louis XVI akanga ave ari mukati meRevolution, uye vanhu veSpain vakamanikidzwa vangapindura kupfurikidza nokuuraya Ferdinand. Akareva ichocho seyambiro mukurwisana nokupindira, asi akapomerwa mhaka yokuisa "dziviriro yokuponda mambo". Mukududzirwa zvisiri pamutemo kwemitemo Manuel akadzingwa nehuwandu hwehupfumi muDzimba, asi akaramba kubvuma kushoropodzwa uku, uye simba rakashandiswa kumubvisa mumuviri. Chiratidzo chacho chakataurwa naVictor Hugo mubasa rake rakakurumbira rinoparadza, ""Les Châtiments"" ("Zvirango").