Chapter 5 Summary

The narrator falls into a depression in the weeks after he stops seeing Delgadina. One afternoon on a bus, the narrator runs into Casilda Armenta, a prostitute he once frequented. Casilda takes the narrator to her home for lunch. Over lunch, the narrator pours out his story, telling Casilda about his love for Delgadina. Casilda advices the narrator to return to Delgadina and share in their love, because there is nothing better than making love to someone the narrator loves. The next day the narrator calls Rosa Cabarcas and asks to see the girl. Rosa Cabarcas is kind to the narrator, despite an argument they had over payment for the things he destroyed in her room. Rosa Cabarcas tries to talk the narrator into seeing another girl, afraid she will not be able to persuade Delgadina to return. However, the narrator insists it...