"The house, the books, everything vanished. Suddenly, I was outdoors kneeling on the ground beneath trees. I was in a green place. I was at the edge of a woods. Before me was a wide tranquil river, and near the middle of that river was a child, splashing, screaming...Drowning!" Page 13

This quote shows the scene where Dana finds herself plunged through time back to the early nineteenth century to save a life of a white boy, named Rufus. Once Dana saves the boy's life, instead of receiving thanks, Dana finds herself in the sight of a rifle. Obviously, she is shocked and doesn't know how to react, much less understand what is happening. This is the very first time that Dana is called across time to help Rufus, and it is the start of her journey and ultimately of her learning process about the complex nature of...