Section 16 Summary

Over one week later, Pascali recaps the death of Bowles and his party to the Sultan in his report, even though he realizes the Sultan is not receiving his words. Pascali admits he did not intend their deaths, but only Bowles' failure as he himself has failed.

In the evening of the day Bowles betrays Bowles, Pasha and Izzet come to retrieve Pascali, whom they expect to lead them to Bowles and his crew, with twelve soldiers in their party. Pascali leads them to the cove below the ruins, where the group sees Smith's boat already present, along with a caique designed to bring the statue down the mountain. Pascali leads the group up the step slope through the riverbed, using cloth to muffle the sounds of their footfalls. As the reach the position of Pasha's soldiers, another solider is dispatched to alert...