Chapter 33, The Green Scarf Summary

Léonie and Thérèse have given Victorine a green scarf as a birthday present. Victorine visits Rose Taillé for the evening. Supper is gloomy. Louis has insisted that Antoinette's place still be set even though she has passed away, and Madeleine gossips and then becomes silent. The girls sneak out of the house after saying good night to the adults. The two girls move toward the front of the crowd, and they join the villagers at the clearing near where Rose is tending a bonfire. Victorine spreads the green scarf on the boulders, completing her makeshift altar with bouquets of grain. The townspeople pray as Thérèse puts on a show of having a vision. The gathered worshippers sing hymns, and an accordion adds accompaniment. The singing changes...