Summary

Chapter 15

The fiesta begins in Chapter 15 and at the end of the parade. The group is swept into a wine shop where they drink heavily with other patrons. Jake buys some leather wine bags for Bill and himself, but Robert misses much of the excitement because he has passed out. The others stay up all night, but Jake goes to sleep and is awakened early in the morning by the horn that starts the running of the bulls, which he watches from the hotel balcony while the others go to the bullring. Later, after everyone has slept a bit, Montoya takes Bill and Jake to meet young matador Pedro Romero. When the bullfights start, Romero proves to be an excellent matador and Brett, in particular, is fascinated by him, causing Mike to jokingly remark that she is falling in love with him. Everyone...