Chapter 15 Bless Me Ultima

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Chapter xv

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Antonio remains in bed for days later his fever breaks. The physician diagnosed pneumonia and prescribed bed balance. He finds out that his father found Narciso'due south trunk and went to the sheriff to accuse Tenorio, only to no avail. The people of the town dismissed his expiry as caused by his alcoholism. Antonio remembers Narciso as a man who had "the magic of growth." Narciso's garden dries up before long after he dies.

Andrew tries to visit Antonio in his ill bed, but Antonio is non feeling similar taking care of Andrew'southward feelings. He knows Andrew feels guilty nearly not helping Narciso, and Antonio is non interested in relieving him of that guilt. Andrew stops visiting his room after that, only looking in on him from the doorway. Antonio asks Ultima if he betrayed Andrew's secret most Rosie's in his delirium and she says he did not.

After Christmas, Leon and Eugene come dwelling house. They arrive in a state police automobile. They explicate that on their style dwelling in the storm, they lost control of the motorcar and information technology wrecked in an water ice bank. To avoid freezing, they had to burn parts of it. They barbarous comatose in exhaustion huddled against the motorcar and woke to find the auto in flames. The state trooper saw the fire and rescued them.

As Antonio begins to experience better, he sits up with Ultima in her room and she tell shim stories of the old people of Las Pasturas. He learns about Narciso as a young husband whose wife was killed by the diphtheria epidemic. Ultima had struggled to save her and since then Narciso had been loyal to her. She tells Antonio that the one-time people always helped each other and stuck together through good and bad.

Antonio'south mother prepares him for his first communion. She tells him he will exist a leader of the people every bit a priest. She tells him that he will "hold God in his mouth, in your trunk, in your soul--you volition speak to Him and He will answer--." Antonio asks, "Then I volition take knowledge of God?" and she answers in the affirmative. María also has Antonio read her the canon in English, even though she does know sympathise all the words. Antonio knows that many of the people do not believe in learning English, "the new language," just his mother wants him to succeed as a priest and knows English is essential.

Gabriel becomes depressed at his sons' talk of leaving. He drinks all mean solar day and comes home in a morose mood. He talks nostalgically virtually how they used to piece of work together in building the house. He cries as he tells the story. He tells them that the line of the windmill has come loose an he will have to get outside in the ice storm to set it. The sons let him practice this unsafe job alone. The next day they go out while he is still at piece of work. Andrew goes with them.

Notes

Antonio learns in the is chapter that his older brothers will forever be vague memories to him and afar strangers on rare visits. The sons do the worst matter possible to their father. They allow him risk his life in an ice storm and do non offering to help him. They take abdicated all duties as sons of their male parent. He knows what their inaction means and so does anybody else in the household.

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