well it has been about a week since I've read this section so my recap might be a tad bit rough but here we go. When returning the black stallion to the stables, John Grady is spotted by Duena Alfonsa, Alejandra's aunt. She asks to meet with him in the house the next day. After a challenging game of chess, the aunt forbids John Grady from being seen with Alejandra. She claims that her niece has a reputation to uphold and that in Mexico that is all a girl has. However, a couple nights later Alejandra meets John Grady at night and they begin to secretly ride the horses throughout the ranch under the stars and even skinny dip a bit.
Scandal begins when John Grady plays pool with Don Hector who informs him that Alejandra is being sent for schooling in France. He and Alejandra had made love numerous times in the week before and John Grady is crushed to hear the news....and even more hurt when he discovers a week later that Alejandra was not in France but being kept in the ranch house. John Grady and Rawlins believe that Don Hector had found out about the affair and was trekking in the woods to hunt John Grady down and kill him. Fortunately this did not happen however a couple days later John Grady and Rawlins were picked up by the five Mexican soldiers who had previously visited the ranch looking for the two American boys.
The boys are taken north to the city of Encantada where they find Blevins stuck in the same prison as them. Instead of escaping once he regained his horse, Blevins went back to the city to reclaim his gun which ended with him killing a man and landing himself a spot in jail. The local police captain later questions Rawlins, accuses him of murder and impersonation, and then tortures him until he confesses to crimes he did not commit. The captain also questions John Grady but does not torture him. A couple days later, while being transferred to the prison in Saltillo, Blevins is shot and killed by the police force.
I found this section much more interesting than the last. This may be because it gave me answers to questions such as what happened to Blevins, and if the two boys would ever find Blevins again, and what Blevins present condition was. Plus, to be honest, I couldn't stand Blevins. I thought he was annoying and immature and was nothing but trouble for John Grady and Rawlins. With that said, I'm glad that he was killed. I've already read the next section, but if I hadn't I would now be saying how hopefully things will start looking up for John Grady and Rawlins with Blevins out of the picture--but who am I kidding? They are on their way to prison....in Mexico. There's no way things are getting better for them at this point.
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