Chapters 38 and 39 Summary

Chapter 38 - A few days later, Gertie watches nervously as a police patrol car enters the complex, for a while prowls the lanes, and then stops so its drivers can talk with Mr. Daly. Panicked and believing the police are after Clovis, Gertie runs into the house and warns him incoherently. Clovis runs to the door and watches as Gertie runs out the front door, only to see the police car driving on and Mr. Daly watching it leave. He tells her that the police are looking for Enoch, and taunts her with a reference to reform schools. Gertie runs after the police, shouting that Enoch is a good boy. The police stop, and one of them tells Gertie several important things. He says apologetically that he tried several times to get the hole in the fence near the railway tracks...