Summary

Part IV (continued) – Della remembers the first time she ever saw Talmadge, thinking he looked alone. Della’s cell is then searched, and several makeshift weapons are found. Traveling home, Talmadge is amazed that it only takes one day by train to travel home. He knows the world is changing. He wonders why anyone would want to be in jail, and believes Della would not attack a man at the jail without cause. At the orchard, Caroline explains to Angelene that the reason Della is in jail is because she stabbed someone.

Angelene bathes and puts on a dress for her fourteenth birthday. Talmadge compliments her, causing her to blush. Caroline arrives to bake a strawberry cake. The wranglers are invited up for food to celebrate Angelene’s birthday. Caroline asks Angelene if she feels like the young woman she is becoming. A wrangler...