When he was sick in California, the priests took care of him. On the way back to Taos, Carson tells Latour how he feels about becoming a Catholic. Latour is surprised to find that the legendary Carson is of slight build, but admires his humanity in wishing to take care of Magdalena. Kit Carson comes and offers her refuge as an old friend of her family's. He and the notary stand armed guard over her all night. Magdalena fears to stay near him, and Latour shares her fear.

The authorities find Buck Scales on his way to retrieve his wife, and jail him at Mora. A friend of the notary confirms that she is Magdalena Valdez. After he killed their first child, she ran home to her parents, but he threatened to harm them and she returned, too afraid to leave him. He has murdered four travelers and the three children she has born him. Cleaned and refreshed, she recounts how she married Scales six years before. Latour sends for a notary and requests that the townswomen help Magdalena. She has run away to tell her story to the two priests. It is Magdalena, the wife of the evil American Buck Scales. The following morning, a boy reports that a crazy woman in the town stable wishes to see the two priests with the white mules. The priests have to demand their mules at gunpoint, but they travel on to reach Mora by midnight. His Mexican wife seems half-witted, but before she follows her husband to the stable, she pantomimes that the priests will be murdered if they stay. They ask to spend the night, and the owner of the - a repulsive and evil appearing American - consents. They find a house that is in poorly kept condition. Rain and cold make the journey difficult, and they hope to find shelter for the night before going on to Mora, where they will help refugees from an Indian massacre. Full Glossary for Death Comes for the Archbishopįather Vaillant and Father Latour are on the third day out toward Mora.Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Catholic Novel.

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