Chapter 10, A Perilous Passage in a Slave Girl's Life Summary and Analysis

Dr. Flint, still determined to have his way with Linda, devises a plan to build a house several miles from town and to move Linda there. Here she will be removed from her grandmother's protection, from the watchful eye of Mrs. Flint, and from of the gossipy small town where Dr. Flint tries to maintain a respectable reputation.

Linda is desperate to prevent this from happening, and begins an affair with Mr. Sands, a prominent white man in the town who has flattered Linda with his attention. On the day in which Dr. Flint informs Linda that she will be moved to the new house he has prepared for her, she informs him that she is pregnant with another man's child. Dr. Flint is furious...