Chapter 18 Summary

When she arrives at her apartment building, Mrs. Hedges again mentions the nice white gentleman, Mr. Junto. Knowing that Junto is also the reason her singing career did not work out, she is infuriated.

Inside of her apartment, she imagines the deadly silence is Junto. She even imagines him sitting there. She contemplates waiting until tomorrow to see Boots. "Perhaps by tomorrow she would be free of this mounting, steadily increasing anger and this hysterical fear that made her see things that didn't exist, made her feel things that weren't there." But, she is afraid if she waits Boots will change his mind.

When she arrives at Boots' apartment, she is uncertain whether Junto is really there or if she is again seeing things. Boots introduces Lutie to Junto and then takes her in the bedroom to talk to her. In the bedroom...