Summary

Father Julliard begins the section, talking about his post as the head of the Pascal Aguila Mission School, named after a national hero who fought against corruption. Father Julliard had been running the school for seven years, having come initially only for one year. But he fell in love with the children of the Behala and stayed on. The Mission School is constructed of large, metal containers that exacerbate the heat of the summer. He remembers Rat, who he called Little Jun, as someone who he treated with special attention. While talking about Raphael and Gardo, he mentions it was better off that children like them did not attend the school regularly, as the education would not do them much good if all they were going to do was sift through trash. Father Julliard talks about the day the boys came into...