Summary

William Byrne finds Lib while she is eating her lunch at the spirit grocery and she brings him up to date on Anna’s condition. She also tells him how Anna has been being fed and asks him not to publish any of the information. He argues that perhaps the publicity would encourage Anna to eat, but Lib disagrees, explaining that Anna's decision not to eat has a religious motive, that she is trying to get her brother out of Purgatory. Byrne tells her that Dr. McBrearty has convened a meeting of the committee tonight at 10:00 and says that she and Sister Michael should report their findings to the committee, even though Lib tells him that the nurses had not been invited.

When Lib arrives at the O’Donnells’ house, she finds that Anna’s condition has deteriorated. Sister Michael is not...