| Ch. 38. The townspeople debate what life is going to be like without Duquieu, who was in charge for as long as anyone can remember. Jared, his heir apparent, is "runnin' around like a hound with foam on its mouth." Sugie assures everyone (as Clint has repeatedly assured him) that the crops won't die, and argues that the town's first priority should be rounding up and killing the stray Lamprous.
Ch. 39. Portia wanders in the woods and encounters Jared. She keeps him at a distance with her bow. He says to tell Clint he's going to kill him. Portia has heard that "Jared" is dead but doesn't believe that this
is Jared. (She's still not getting it. Skipping ahead: she never does.)
Ch. 40. Speaking of not getting it: in this chapter Clint continues to defend Jared to Coley. Coley says, "He ain't the Jared you knew and maybe never was. You had to have a close friend, like everybody, and he was there." She reveals another aspect of Duquieu's comparative gentility: "Anyone caught sneakin' on his property at night was his, and any woman caught out durin' a full moon was his, but I don't recollect other kind of hurting he did."
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Ch. 39. Portia wanders in the woods and encounters Jared. She keeps him at a distance with her bow. He says to tell Clint he's going to kill him. Portia has heard that "Jared" is dead but doesn't believe that this is Jared. (She's still not getting it. Skipping ahead: she never does.)
Ch. 40. Speaking of not getting it: in this chapter Clint continues to defend Jared to Coley. Coley says, "He ain't the Jared you knew and maybe never was. You had to have a close friend, like everybody, and he was there." She reveals another aspect of Duquieu's comparative gentility: "Anyone caught sneakin' on his property at night was his, and any woman caught out durin' a full moon was his, but I don't recollect other kind of hurting he did."
- tom moody 5-23-2002 7:28 am