Summary

In Chapter 31, Rachel is in Kingsport on her way to buy groceries when she sees Galloway. She runs into the depot and asks if the man at the ticket booth has seen a one-armed man. He says he has not and she asks how far twenty dollars will get her and Jacob. The man sells her tickets to Saint Louis and tells her she can purchase tickets on the train to get the rest of the way to Seattle. She asks the man not to tell Galloway she was there.

Rachel goes back to Mrs. Sloan's and tells her to go to her sister-in-law's and stay there. She quickly gathers Jacob and their things and hides in a boxcar until the train comes. While she waits she sees Galloway go into Mrs. Sloan's empty house. Just as she's about to get on...