Summary

Chapters 24-25

While Esperanza misses Marisol in Chapter 24 and 25, Sanchia cannot wait to marry and leave the convent. Pia makes a new friend, Zarita, who is a young woman residing at the convent while she awaits her divorce. The girls are all stunned when a commotion announces the arrival of Marisol who was kidnapped by Don Tomas because he wanted to choose his own wife. Since her husband is rich, Marisol tells the girls to split her dowry among themselves, promising to have them visit her once she gives birth to the baby in her belly.

Chapter 26

In Chapter 26, Esperanza writes from the Beltran Hacienda two months later as she and the others visit Marisol. It has already been two weeks, and while there are many single men among the Beltrans' acquaintances, Esperanza does not like how they look at her and...