It is nighttime, and all the stores are closed when Dewey Dell and Vardaman walk through Jefferson. Vardaman hopes to see a toy train that he wants to buy, but Dewey Dell heads to the drug store. Dewey Dell knocks, and a man, MacGowan, comes to the door and lets her in. With nothing else to do, Vardaman stands outside the drug store, waiting for Dewey Dell to come back out. While he waits, Vardaman thinks about how Darl went crazy and was then taken on a train to.....
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