February Summary

The third chapter is called "February." It opens in Ireland, where a doctor named Michael Advowson has overseen the destruction of several diseased cattle. Returning to his home, he is called on to treat the cut foot of a girl who has stepped on broken glass from a garbage dump. He receives an official visitor who delivers a message ordering Advowson to report to the United Nations to serve on a team investigating the riots at Noshri.

Peg Mankiewicz is fired from her position as a journalist for her obsession with proving that her friend, Decimus Jones, was murdered. As she is leaving her office, she meets a woman named Felice, who is Decimus' sister.

In Honduras, a village priest is raising alarm among the people calling the UN efforts to bring food relief an evil plot of the devil. There are people...