Part 1, The Call: Chapters 8-10, And Is Nearly Arrested; The First Sally Takes a Strange Turn; How Raleigh Was Confirmed in His View of the World Summary

On the way home in Chapter 8, Raleigh becomes spooked when a police cruiser stops. He panics and throws both of Mingo's handguns over a fence near the inactive construction site where Kaiser Bill had deposited Bonnie's body, rolled in a carpet but only knocked out, not dead. The police officer checks Raleigh's license and tells him that he had made an illegal U-turn. The officer had not seen Raleigh throwing away the guns and makes no comment on Raleigh's dirty and torn clothing.

Raleigh returns to his office, now cleaned up, and asks...