Chapters 15-16

Chapter 15- Matt requests a horse to go riding. When the eejit brings it to him, he notices it is Rosa. He tries to talk to her, but she won't pay attention to him because she is an eejit. he rode to the poppy fields to see Celia's old house. He doesn't find it and assumes it must have been torn down when they left. He went to the cave and realized someone had been there. He sees a trunk and opens it. Inside there is a note addressed to him. It is from Tam Lin. He found food, supplies, and books. He makes sure to close the trunk before he leaves. When he returns, everyone is in a panic. He asks Celia why everyone is like this and she says El Viejo is dead. When they get there, Matt sees Maria and Tom holding hands. There is a children's choir and they are all eejits. When the priest sees Matt, he is furious. He doesn't believe this thing should be there. Celia says that El Patron wanted him there. Maria comes over and takes up for him by explaining Brother Wolf. They leave and he takes her to the secret passage.

Chapter 16- They find a nice and cool computer room. She tells him why she forgave him for everything. They begin talking about being baptized and Maria says she was baptized when she was a baby. She says because he's an animal, he can't be baptized. She begins to think about Furball and starts crying. They run back to the secret passage when they hear voices. It turns out to be Felicia and Tom. Tom begins working the cameras in the house to see all the rooms. They know Maria had been through there because her hat was on the piano. They spy on Celia and Tam Lin. Before Celia says something that could give anything away, Tam Lin warns her before looking straight at the camera. He know they are there. Felicia admits to killing Furball because she wanted to kill Matt but couldn't. Matt tries to comfort Maria. Tam Lin finds them and takes Maria out and tells Matt to come out in a few minutes when the coast is clear. Maria says she'll miss him and that's all she can say before she is whisked away by Tam Lin.

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Interesting Quotation: ""This does not belong here!" the priest thundered. "This unbaptized limb of Satan has no right to make a mockery of this rite. Would you bring a dog to church?"" Everyone other than Maria, Celia, Tam Lin, and El Patron thinks of Matt as just an animal. They don't want to be near him or around him. They think he shouldn't even be at a funeral for someone in his family. He is considered a disgrace.