Jurgis is finally released (and later than he thought, because he had to work off court costs as well,) and then he has to walk all the way home. When he gets there, he realizes his family has been evicted. He hears from a neighbor that his family has gone to Aniele's, a boarding house where the family stayed when they first came to America. He walks two more miles to get there.
The injustice of it all washes over him. He clearly sees the relentless force that is killing his entire family. When he reaches the boardinghouse, he hears Ona screaming, and he tries to run up the stairs. The women there stop there and tell him that the second baby is coming. The baby is being born too early. Jurgis begs someone.....
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