Summary

In Chapter 47, Jack told Mabel he didn’t believe Garrett would come back to help with the planting. Mabel bet that he would be back. One day Jack got up late to work in the fields. His horse was gone. He found Garrett working in one of the fields. Back at the house Jack gave Mabel a message to pass along to Garrett. She told him he’d have to start talking to Garrett again one day.

In Chapter 48, Mabel noticed Faina was nervous in the cabin so she took her for a walk hoping Faina would tell her what was wrong. Faina asked Mabel if she was dying. She described the symptoms of her menstrual cycle, which no one had told her about, but said it had stopped. Faina said when the bleeding stopped she thought she was getting better but...