Beneath a Scarlet Sky: Chapter 28 Summary & Analysis

On his way to the Hotel Regina with Leyers, Pino spots Mimo pointing a gun at a Nazi vehicle and ordering the Germans to put down their weapons. Caught up in the moment, Pino decides to take the opportunity to arrest Leyers. Pino puts his gun to Leyers’s head and orders him to drive to the address given to Pino by the partisans. Leyers tries to convince Pino that he’s making a mistake, but Pino doesn’t listen to him. When they arrive at the appropriate spot, partisan soldiers take Leyers and thank Pino for his work.

When Pino returns to Milan, all of the lights around the city come back on for the first time in many months. Throughout the city, Pino hears skirmishes taking place between the Germans, the Italian Fascists, and resistance groups. Pino returns home and finds his parents celebrating along with his Uncle Albert. Albert tells Pino that he was part of a prison riot; Albert and other resistance members broke out of their cells and freed everyone around them.

The next day, Pino goes to the Hotel Diana where he meets Major Knebel, an American. Knebel asks Pino for two favors. First, he needs Pino to take him to a place where he can make a phone call and second, he wants Pino to throw the American soldiers a party. Pino agrees to do both. After providing Knebel with his phone call, Pino goes off in search of Carletto. Pino finds his old friend and tells him the truth about what he was doing in a Nazi uniform. The two friends make up and Carletto agrees to help Pino throw a party for the Americans.