Chapter 15 Summary

"Everybody Goes Home": Primrose, Evie and Bert accompany Mrs. Witherspoon home, keeping her company for a while but leaving when more family arrives. On their way home, they stop at Goodwill to see if any of Primrose's sisters are there. They aren't, which doesn't surprise Primrose, as they were good sweaters. She comments that she "hoped the children wearing them appreciated that they were hand-knit."

The week before Christmas, Jack gets out of the hospital. While on a careful walk on the beach with Primrose, he reveals that the electrician who wired the townhouses has confessed to cutting corners, which was the reason for the fire. He remains in positive spirits, however, commenting that Mallomar runs the way she does "for the sheer joy of the motion". They are joined by Evie and Bert, who have just found a mobile home they would...