Chapter 9 Summary

The Blacksmiths, Tabidgi, Mort, and Peter flee east. Mort and the girl have been told that there had been a battle and that some of the Newbys were hurt. Seven hours after they have started out, Jimmie lets them rest. Jimmie gives Mort his knife and tells him to kill some farmer's sheep, as it would be easier to get fresh meat now than after news has spread.

Gilda tells Jimmie that she really believed the child was his. It frightens him that he wants to forgive her, so he tells her to go to the road and that she and the baby will be rescued. He wants her to tell the police that he has declared war and that he had done all the damage.

In the late afternoon, they are forced to leave a mumbling Jackie Smolders and the boy Peter...