Summary

In Chapter 11, Ben and Emilio met with the contractor at Wolfhound Orchard who showed them to their cabins. Ben wished the other two goodnight and was left alone in his cabin. He decided to smoke the third and final marijuana cigarette. Ben began to dream, half sleeping, half waking, until he was disturbed by someone knocking on the cabin door and coming inside. It was Emilio.

Emilio came into the cabin and lit the fire for Ben. He covered Ben with a blanket as he continued to lie on his bed. Emilio lit a candle to better illuminate the room. Emilio wished Ben goodnight and left the cabin.

Ben lay in bed and contemplated his impending death. He remembered how happy he had been when Rachel was still alive and how much joy their marriage had brought him. He drifted into a restless sleep...