Chapters 15-16

I read 19 pages.

"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?" (Pages 153-154)
 Just like everyone else, the priest sees Matt as an animal instead of person just because he's a clone. The only people who see him as a human being are Celia, Tam Lin, El Patron, and Maria. I like how Maria replied with, "Saint Francis would take a dog to church." She is trying to see Matt for who he actually is, not just as another clone.


Chapter 15 Summary: When Matt requests a safe horse to go to the oasis Tam Lin usually takes him to, he notices the eejit bringing him the horse is Rosa. He tries to make conversation with her, but she won't listen since she's now an eejit. At the oasis, Matt finds a trunk full of supplies that Tam Lin has left him. He stays there for a little while, then finds everyone in a frenzy when he returns. Matt asks Celia why everyone is panicking, and she tells him that El Viejo has died. At the funeral, Matt is not happy when he finds Tom and Maria holding hands. When Matt was at El Veijo's casket, the priest is furious that he is there. Celia explains that El Patron wanted him there, and Maria comes over to defend Matt. Maria takes Matt to the music room, and they go hide in the secret passage where they kiss.