Fri, Oct 13, 1967
Ricci hides amongst a theatrical troupe while Mireille arranges for his escape from Navarre to join the French troops on the border. Ricci gratefully thanks the traveling players for their assistance and gives Zerbinette a farewell kiss, which Isabelle sees and misinterprets. Filled with jealousy, Isabelle informs the Spanish troops where Ricci is hiding.
Sat, Oct 14, 1967
Acting on information supplied by the jealous Isobel, Ricardo's men pursue Recci to the top of a cliff where he apparently falls to his death. The peace conference sponsored by the Pope gets off to a rocky start owing to the absence of the French delegate. Mazarin's letter to the delegate is destroyed by Ricardo, but the torn up pieces are discovered and returned to the Papal envoy who accuses Alonzo of complicity.
Sun, Oct 15, 1967
Mazarin's second message to the peace conference's French representative is delayed when Spanish cavalry steal the emissary's horses. Isobel is stricken with remorse over causing Recci's death and determines to become a nun. Recci survived his fall, however, and flees the attacking Spanish while Mirelle and her men fight a desperate rear guard action.
Thu, Oct 19, 1967
While fleeing the Spanish cavalry, Recci and Guillot chance upon Bodinelli who has been thwarted in his efforts to deliver Mazarin's message to the French ambassador. Recci agrees to break through the Spanish lines and deliver the message to the marshal. Meanwhile Mirelle listens to her gallows being built outside her window and Mazarin plays for time.
Sat, Oct 21, 1967
Recci returns from Casal only to learn that Isobel has taken her vows as a nun and joined a convent. Despairing, he takes Guillot and travels to the Holy Land as a soldier of fortune. Eventually the knights errant return to France and are greeted by their old comrades in arms who worked together to save the French fort from capture - including one friend whom they never expected to see again.