Parcel 7, "His Life Following His Later Release from Pentridge Gaol" Summary

Parcel 7 begins a little oddly, and it begins with the perspective of Ned's mother and a man showing up who claims his name is Kevin the Rat Charmer. He promises for payment to charm all the rats away, Ellen Quinn scoffs the dirty, smelly man off, and he says that she will be sorry. Sure enough, a plague of rats descended on them that very night, and baby Ellen, Bill Frost's daughter, dies.

During this time the police officer Cons Flood, the very one who has made it his life mission to but Ned in prison as often as possible, seduces Annie while Alex Gunn is still in prison, and gets her pregnant. Annie dies giving birth. Jem is convicted of cattle theft...