I.e., she never married, another tidbit of news from the Sulaco postscript. On the allegorical level, though, Antonia and Decoud must be faithful to each other, because the tense, oppositional relationship between idealism and skepticism is one that can never be broken. Note the grammar in which she is faithful to the medallion, rather than to Decoud himself; the medallion, with its veiled figure , represents the falsely idealistic reputation that has been papered over Decoud's true end.