Everyone knew Feliciano Vargas.

Even though he was poor, he was popular with just about everybody. That "everybody" most certainly did not include Ludwig Beilschmidt.

Unlike Feliciano, he was the richest, and never would he be popular. He rarely left his house. When he did, he was cold and harsh. Feliciano was to summer as Ludwig was to winter. They were opposites.

Though, as they say . . . opposites attract.