Summary

The women were excited to wake up in the daylight. They “went down to the river to wash” (76). Anthea taught the narrator to swim. They made a fire, cooked, and lazed “in the sun” (77). Though they were happy, they remained “haunted by the fear of the guards” (77). Not minding the solitude, the narrator volunteered to watch the cabin from the hill.

Studying their surroundings, they tried determining where they were and if they were on Earth. They began discussing a journey, interested in looking “for a town” (78). The women believed they had been continually drugged. They had been unable to remember their pasts, but pieces of their former lives were now returning. Throughout their discussions, the narrator realized her anger towards the women was gone. She also felt no hostility for Dorothy anymore. Rather, she respected the way Dorothy thought “about vital matters...