Chapter 54:

Padre Salvi warns the Alferez about an impending attack on the town.  He informs the Alferez to ready his men and to send four soldiers to guard the church.  Elias alerts Ibarra on the imminent attack on the town that will be blamed on him.  He helps Ibarra dispose of some letters that could implicate him.  In one of these letters, Elias discovers that Ibarra’s great grandfather was the Spaniard who had accused his great grandfather of arson.