Chapter 2, Part 5 Summary

Mattie is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from Basil from jail. He has killed a man in an argument over a woman in a bar. He demands she come and get him out. The police have beaten him up and he starts to cry. That is all she needs to hear and she rushes to his aid.

At the police station, she is told Basil was arrested because a man was killed by Basil in an argument in a bar. Basil broke the wrist of a police office while resisting arrest. Basil whines and tells her about the filthy conditions, poor food, and that he heard rats under his bed at night. She tries to encourage him and tells him she will bail him out. Their visiting time is not over, yet that is all Basil...