Chapter 10 Summary

Wednesday, December 3, 10 a.m. Leaphorn considers the pattern involved in the double homicide. A single murder is a unit, but two murders involve a more complex sequence of events. Leaphorn wonders if the sequence is complete with the two murders or if they are part of a larger pattern. He considers Ernesto Cata, the Little Fire God. Ernesto was also an altar boy at Saint Anthony's Church, a baptized Christian, and born into the Badger Clan of a Zuni kiva, meaning that he would most likely have "become one of the 'valuable men' of the Zuni religion." (pg. 97)

Leaphorn is distracted from his thoughts by FBI Agent O'Malley, who instructs the men to question everyone in the area. Perhaps someone saw something unusual, like a light plane landing in the area. Leaphorn recognizes the man O'Malley introduced only as Agent Baker as a...