Chapter 21 Summary

Captain Pereira has become Colonel Pereira. Marco is moving up in the ranks but still helping both sides. With his connections, he had been able to make sure no one laid a hand on Magda. This is why she had never been raped or tortured.

When Magda and Marco return to her home in the barrio Josefa answers the door and calls to everyone that Magda had returned alive. Marco takes his leave and Magda is left with her family and all the comforts of home. This does not last long because her father takes her to Mamasita's so the military will not find her. Magda apologizes to her father for her involvement with the Tupa's.

Mamasita welcomes Magda and the night she arrives, Marco visits. She and Marco hold each other and make love. Marco returns to his post in Montevideo that...