Chapter 20 Summary

Dona Margarita goes to the church to have a woman-to-woman talk with the Virgin Mary's statue. She becomes somewhat boisterous, and a new young priest sees her and gets Father Ryan. Father Ryan is familiar with her and knows she is often this way and that it is just how she is. As they talk pleasantly, the Father asks Dona Maria to thank her son for the recent "gift." Knowing it was liquor, she agrees, and asks him if he would like more, to which the old priest answers that he would.

One day, as Lupe is coming in from the apricot fields, Salvador is there to meet her. He puts her into his car and tells her that she is to continue her driving lessons. She is unsure about it, especially in front of all the field workers, but agrees. Once in...