Summary

Part Four, continued

In Chapter 36, Mary and her daughters go to the Highway 34 Grocery Store. There, she sees Bob Jeter with his arm around a blonde woman. Mary decides to leave quickly. She drives out in front of a Ford pickup and stock trailer full of bulls, and they hit. Dena ends up requiring seventeen stitches for a gash on her face. Mary has injured her arm. Emma is knocked unconscious. Mary blames herself for what has happened. The bulls from the trailer are loose. They are corralled by helpful strangers and passers-by, but one injured bull is shot and put down.

In Chapter 37, Victoria makes Raymond and Del shower and change before dinner. Tom Guthrie and Maggie Jones arrive to take Raymond to the fireman’s ball at the Legion in town. This catches Raymond by surprise. Everyone insists on his going, so...