Chapter 10 Summary

Chapter, 10, Part 1: Baby's Bedroom.

Henny stays at Hassie's house for two days. Henny thinks almost nothing of staying away from home, enjoying the quiet of Hassie's house with Hassie and Cathy for company. Henny calls home to check on the children and she eventually realizes that she will have to go home no matter what Sam plans to do to her.

Jo comes to the house to tell the family about Bonnie. Bonnie had gone to Jo's house in a terrible state. She had given birth to a baby. Jo is horrified that her sister would be giving birth to a child out in the streets fathered by one of her married men. Sam pays for the baby to be taken away; he doesn't even know the gender of the child. The baby is to be considered dead. Jo carries on non-stop about...