Chapter 25 Summary

On Thursday, July 11, the Ku Klux Klan is reborn in Ford County. The new Klavern, with its six members, is established deep in the woods in the dead of night. Freddie Cobb is among them. Before a burning cross, the six are hooded and chanted over. Then, whiskey is poured in a nearby cabin. No uninvited guests intrude as the group of about thirty Klansmen discusses the Carl Lee Hailey trial.

At three minutes after midnight, an anonymous caller tips off the Ford County Sheriff's deputy that Jake Brigance's house will be blown up within the next three hours. The dispatcher summons Ozzie as Deputy Pirtle races to Jake's house and takes up residence on the darkened front porch. All seems in order as Ozzie and another deputy arrive. The deputies stand watch as Ozzie wakes Jake and instructs him to get dressed...