Summary

In Chapter 30, Ammanee and Stella discuss how Claudette has said she will not help them. She needs to look out for herself. Claudette says that Janie and she know what it is like to have gone through the auction block. She says, “The only thing worth trying to save in this world is yourself” (174). She says that banknotes are all that she trusts.

The churchmen do not want the Rebels using the church for their meetings anymore. Since Stella has not had to make any maps recently, she is going to use the rest of the thread to make a blanket for her baby. While she cannot control the world outside of her, she finds soothing in her needlework. She hides the letters S and W in the stitches.

In Chapter 31, Jacob is told they will be leaving tomorrow. The Union won their...