Pedro da Silva, now a grown man, meets and falls in love with Elise de Monfort. And after entangling himself in a duel to the death with Alberto de Magalhaes, he learns of the true depths of her vengeance. With his heart broken from the news of his mother’s death, he embarks on a journey to Tangiers, and to finally disappear. His long voyage finally lands him in Brazil, where he reminisces about his whirlwind life...