Summary

The chapter titled “Dead Nephews” opens with more information about Apostle York. He is the strongest force ever to arrive in Gibbeah. He brings an immediate change. Lucinda loses her customary tension. She thoroughly cleans the church and then Pastor Bligh's office, throwing away all the books except those with the word “Bible” in their title. She then puts all of Apostle York's books in place,

Pastor Bligh is living in the woods near the river that circles Gibbeah like a moat. He has a shady past. His brother died of a broken neck in 1927. He apparently found his wife in bed with Pastor Bligh. Their father died of a broken heart. Pastor Bligh then joined the seminary but led few to salvation. He thinks back to Sunday but then tries not to think about it. He drinks so he...