Chapter 26 Summary

Sor Agnete, the abbess, and Sor Eulalie are conferring about Amara. They believe that Severo has rejected Amara's answer, and now they believe they will be required to care for Amara for the long term. The longer that Amara is exposed to the nuns or to human society, the more likely the experiment will be corrupted, because Amara will certainly hear about God from someone. The nuns wonder how Amara ended up with the wolves, and they send for Jaime to help them investigate.

Fra Murta believes that the experiment with Amara eventually will be a great and powerful example to the condemnation of heresy. This will only be possible, however, if Amara changes her answer. Fra Murta believes that Amara did not understand the questions, and when she does, she will surely say yes. This could take a long time, however. In...