Summary

This chapter is again written in the character-by-character, column-by-column style of Chapter 1. Saturn’s chapters are all written in third person: all the others are written in first person.

Saturn – After dreaming of Merced, Federico wakes to find himself having wet the bed again. He feels the weight of something from above, so he goes out and looks into the sky. He sees and feels Saturn looking down at him, acknowledging his “implicit declaration of war,” In order to keep from dreaming again and wetting the bed again, Federico forces himself to stay awake.

Little Merced – The next night, Froggy and other men come (Froggy and Federico being the only ones who aren’t tattooed with “EMF”). Froggy wins the nightly dominoes game and gives Little Merced two folded dollar bills.

Froggy – Froggy reveals that in the folded dollar bills, he hid a...