Summary

In this chapter the reader is introduced to Preacher Cline's long standing love for Miss Raines, the local elementary teacher. Catherine Grace tells the story of how every Sunday saw a special Sunday pot roast lunch after church, just her daddy, her sister, and her. However, one Sunday their father tells them that Miss Raines will be joining them, and that throws the girls into confusion. They have never thought that their dad would have another lady in his life. Catherine Grace would like to blab to Miss Raines all of her father's faults and foibles. She notices through the years that their daddy is such an important man in town, and a widower at that, that the townspeople took extra care to love and impress Catherine and her sister. One time Gloria Jean gets out of a speeding ticket because she...