Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter 6 - San Gines Alley: Diego Alatriste has been in hiding for two days, in a backroom in the gambling house of his friend Juan Vicuna. Vicuna comes to tell him that don Quevedo will meet him in San Gines alley in half an hour. Don Quevedo manages to escape and has been hiding at a friend's, but his name has not been made public and the Inquisition has not come looking for him. Martin Saldana has been to the Tavern of the Turk, looking for Alatriste, but seemed to La Lebrijana, the owner of the Turk, who is the lover of Diego Alatriste, to hint that he would not be able to cover for Alatriste should his friend come out of hiding. Alatriste asks Vicuna about Inigo and is told that the boy has vanished. Domine Perez, a Jesuit and friend of...