Part 1, Chapter 5 Summary

Section 1 - Will travels to a local church and meets Reverend Jack Curl. Jack asks Will to consider donating three million dollars to assist in the construction of a retirement villa for aged Christian couples. Will remembers that his dead wife Marion had made him promise to retain the family house so that their daughter Leslie would have a stable place to live. Jack mentions that Leslie wants to write her own vows for her pending wedding and asks Will to intervene.

Will then returns to his automobile and fondles his Luger. He remembers that his father had taken it from an SS Colonel during World War II. While Will sits in the car, Jack remembers one last thing to tell him and walks over. Will hides the Luger and Jack invites Will to a Christian retreat. Will asks Jack if...