Christine stands alone on the porch. Hazel joins her, and they talk about how glad they both are that Orin will be coming home soon. Christine tells Hazel that she wants to see her married to Orin, and tells her they have to be secret conspirators since Lavinia will do everything she can to keep them apart. Christine goes on to talk about how genuinely good and kind Hazel is, saying she was once that way herself, and that she wishes she still was; she muses that God chooses to twist people's lives around so they can no longer be themselves. She then takes Hazel, who's a bit confused by the conversation, into the house, saying that she can't stand to wait outside in the same way as she.....
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