Yehudah obeys, and makes the journey all the way to Gethsemane. She whispers that he must 'go to the olive grove. She tells Yehudah that she is taking a walk out of town, and agrees to let Yehudah come with her when he begs. He recognizes Niza and approaches her, asking where she is going since he was supposed to come by later that evening it is clear she is unfaithful to her husband with both Yehudah and Aphranius. Then he goes to the home of a rug merchant and briefly meets with the wife of the household, Niza. He goes to the barracks and instructs the removal of the executed bodies from the hill. Twilight falls as Pilate lies next to his beloved dog, Banga.

He will wait for news that the bodies of the three prisoners have been taken down, and that Yehudah has been killed.

He tells Aphranius to 'take every precaution for the safety of Yehudah of Kerioth,' although he actually intends the opposite: he is instructing Aphranius to arrange for the man's murder. Pilate tells Aphranius that he has heard that there is a plot to kill Yehudah that night, and that the money paid him will be returned to the High Priest who paid it with a note. Next Aphranius tells Pilate about Yehudah of Kerioth, and how he was bribed to turn Yeshua in to the police. When Pilate asks to hear about the execution, Aphranius reports that Ha-Nozri refused the sponge to drink from on the cross Pilate calls him a madman. As they drink wine, Pilate talks about how much he hates Yershlayim and his wish to return to Caesarea. The mysterious cowled man, Aphranius, arrives, soaking wet from the downpour.

A hurricane has overtaken Yershalayim, and Pilate is reclining on a couch he has smashed a jug of wine while yelling at a servant, and the wine is spreading at his feet. This chapter exists as the Master's novel as Margarita reads it, having been returned to the basement apartment with her beloved. Chapter 25 - 'How the Procurator Tried to Save Yehudah of Kerioth'

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