Summary

In Chapter 14, Simón goes to the director of the art museum and locates Dmitri’s collection of pornographic pictures. The director of the art museum leaves them with Simón to dispose of. However, when Simón looks at the pictures, he finds several letters at the bottom of the stack. They are love letters written by Ana Magdalena to Dmitri. Simón cannot decide what to do with the letters, because if they’re real, Dmitri may want them destroyed and if they’re fake, Dmitri may want them publicized to besmirch Ana Magdalena’s reputation. When Simón goes home, he finds Dmitri there with Davíd. Dmirtri has apparently escaped the mental hospital with Davíd’s help. Dmitri says that he will go to the salt mines soon to pay his moral debt, and he says that Simón...