Summary

Clara comes over to Sweetland's house to talk to him while he is playing online poker. She teases him that she hopes he isn't looking at online pornography, and returns the rabbit, in part because it has been poached and could get the Pilgrim family in trouble if it is found in their home. Sweetland informs her that the rabbits are at the height of their population and will likely have a die-off in the coming winter. She is also unhappy with Sweetland because Jesse missed school to spend the day with him, and he's already missed a week of school due to his mainland doctor's appointment.

Sweetland remembers when Clara first returned to the island with the infant Jesse after ten years away on the mainland. No one in the community knows the identity of Jesse's father. Clara and Sweetland are...