In which the steady procession of the San Tome silver escort becomes a symbol of burgeoning prosperity and uneasy peace in the province of Sulaco, while the social and political figures cluster about the promise of progress and the shadows of old conflicts. Against this backdrop, the steadfast Capataz de Cargadores, Nostromo, reveals glimpses of his complex character amid the public pageantry and private passions of the people entwined in this precarious new order.