Chapter 3, The Night Chanter Summary

February 20

Ben gives Abel his only coat and accompanies him to the bus station. Abel is in bad shape; his hands are bandaged, his nose broken and there is swelling around his eyes. On the way home, Ben stops at the Silver Dollar, where he asks Manygoats for the money that he owes him. He gives Ben three dollars and Ben buys a bottle of wine and goes home.

At home, he thinks of Milly and supposes that now that Abel is gone she will not come around any more. She had liked Abel, and Ben wished that she were there now. He thinks of the night before, when he, Abel, Tosamah and Cruz had gone up to the hill and gotten drunk. There were drums and everyone there sang and some danced, but not Abel and...