1) The passage describes a dirty and dusty living room dimly lit by a small light, where an elderly woman named Doña Consolación sits tiredly on a long chair.
2) Doña Consolación complains about the filthy surroundings covered in dust and cobwebs. Her only adornments are a cloth tied on her head and a faded blue dress.
3) She smokes and fans herself, saying it is too hot, and that perhaps she does not belong in such places.