Caray, Caray!

Summary: Pedrito succeeds in reaching the Almeida brothers. Vicente thinks Ambrosio is mustering the troops because he is in love with Pola. Sámano goes so far as to visit Pola in jail – she wanted to talk to him. The conversation goes from bad to worse when Sámano sticks his hand in front of Pola and calls her a dirty mestiza, she bites him to the point of drawing blood. This enfuriates him further. María Ignacia makes another visit to Pola to try to convince her to recant. That also goes badly. She then pays a visit to Alejo. In this conversation, Alejo figures out that María Ignacia is the person who ratted Pola out. He tells her he prefers to die with the woman he loves. Lopecito has been on guard duty and convinces Pérez Delgado to turn the next shift over to him. Pérez Delgado gives him the set of keys and warns him not to look for trouble. Lopecito also talks another guard, who wants to leave, to pass his set of keys on to him. Our little weasel, Iglesias, is late – probably at the chicharía. With both sets of keys, Lopecito enters Alejo’s cell, exchanges clothes with him and tells Alejo to go visit Pola. Alejo gets past the first guards, but is stopped by a second pair just outside Pola’s cell. She tells them she wants to spend her last night with the bravest. One of the guards tricks them into a test by fire. He is sure he will win because he has nerve damage in his arm and hand from a war injury. It is now Alejo’s turn to see how long he can keep his hand over the open flame.

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