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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

• The narrator describes her missed opportunity to save a man of gentleness and strength, and at the same time save them all.

• The lieutenant calls for the girl to come out of hiding after intercepting the young man pursuing her on the darkening streets of Venterspan and sending him to his home.

• The lieutenant realizes the girl is Stephanie, often in the courts for her illegal activities, with unknown parents, a child, and living with an elderly woman she takes care of and provides for with her illegal activities.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

• After going home, the lieutenant speaks with his wife, Nella, and takes the young man into his study.

• After questioning the young man, the lieutenant reminds him of the prohibition against white men touching black women and what it would mean if he did and was caught.

• The lieutenant forgives the young man, Nella is...

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