Chapter Twenty-nine Summary

Will and Mary Willis are sitting outside talking that evening when Aunt Loma and Uncle Camp walk up. Miss Love shows them around the house, and Aunt Loma is angry that she has changed it so much.

Will feels that she is jealous of Miss Love's room. He is jealous also, on his Granny's behalf. She was never able to fix the house nice like she wanted, but Miss Love has.

Will feels like he may have let Miss Love down. She had confided in him first. She is known to be standoffish and private, so maybe she only told Will these things thinking he would spread it around Cold Sassy. Maybe in trying to do right and not gossip, he let her down and made her tell it for herself.

Chapter Twenty-nine Analysis

Will agrees with Mary Willis that Miss...