It's been five days since the storm. Ginny wonders how many psychiatric visits it might take to cure Larry—and Rose—and who would have to be brought in on the secret. She finds two entries in the phone book, one in Mason City and the other in Rochester. She dials a number but hangs up without speaking to anyone. Then she thinks of Henry Dodge, the Lutheran minister. She drives to Cabot but, rather than speaking with him, bolts from his office, as soon as he appears, without saying anything.
Later, sitting on the Chelsea's front porch, Ginny talks with Rose. She says she has to hear what Larry says to Rose's accusations......