Part 4 Chapter 31 Summary

The Collector sits in a high throne that juts out of the rampart near the banqueting hall, discussing the Great Exhibition with the Padre. The priest is now so weak that he must be carried about, and he has trouble finding bearers as he attempts to continue conversations with various people who do not want to listen to him. The Collector is starving, and he realizes that his community is almost totally out of ammunition. The enemy will soon realize that stones and metal objects are being used as ammunition, and they will lead another large attack to end the siege.

Miriam is weak and ill, and Louise is now working at Dr. McNab's side tending to the sick and wounded. She has lost all of her modesty, and does not mind that her dress is ripped almost entirely up one...