Summary

In “March 10, 1919—The garden district,” Beatrice has noticed a decrease in the quality of the letters that Rosie drops off on her porch every night. Earlier, they were chock full of detail, and now many hours are accounted for in a single sentence. Beatrice wonders what the reason for this decrease is: whether Rosie had grown confident in Giorgio’s change, or whether she was simply incompetent, or afraid. Beatrice catches Rosie depositing the letter on the porch, her shoes in her hand. Beatrice races after Rosie and catches her and sees terror in her eyes. Giorgio appears beside her, and Beatrice lets Rosie off and walks into the house with her son. She knows that Bad Giorgio had returned, that he might have never left.

In “March 11th, 1919—Central Business District,” Bill brings the evidence he has gathered and Teddy Obitz’s...