Part 1, The Shades of Spring: Chapter 4, Wasps at Easter, Chapter 5, The Death of a Bike, Chapter 6, Old Moses Comes to Call, and Chapter 7, A Summons from the Lady Summary

In chapter 4 of part 1, it is a few days before Easter. Cory goes into town and watches the parade made of the black people from Bruton. These people march every spring in a ceremony that brings food to the creature known as Old Moses. The Lady, the unofficial leader of Bruton, drops tons of food into the river to feed Old Moses and waits for a response to show that Old Moses accepts the sacrifice. This day Old Moses does not give the signal of acceptance. On Sunday morning...