Summary

In Chapter 10, Grady stays under the bed for another half hour, emerging to find Hugh, Danny, and Big Dan watching a ball game on TV. Danny talks casually with Hugh, and Hugh seems relieved when Grady joins the conversation. A newscast breaks in with more information from the big game hunter about the dangerous leopard. Big Dan predicts the leopard is scared and does not really pose a danger to people. Frank and Emmett return as Hugh is leaving. Both drunk, they invite Hugh to join them on a leopard hunt the following day. He declines. They say Danny and Grady should come. Bethie refuses outright. Frank says, “I bet Burt would have let them” (103). Burt's name is seldom mentioned. Grady does not understand the nuance, but he does feel Frank's words were meant to rebuke Bethie. Emmett and Babi urge Frank to...