Summary

Chapter 49 – Snag wants to organize a dinner for the whole family, including Nadia and Gilly. She remembers an encounter she had with an Old Believer when she was 13. She was collecting mussels on the beach when she was approached by a girl about her age with an accent. The girl asked if Snag would kiss her, and she did. The girl's name was Agafia. In a synchronous turn of events, Kache calls and invites Snag and Lettie to Thanksgiving dinner. She agrees, and, summoning courage, asks if it would be alright for her to bring Gilly, not merely to look after Lettie, but because she is Snag's girlfriend. Kache is happy for her and readily agrees. Snag is relieved, but also wary, she still has not told Kache the whole truth.

Chapter 50 – This chapter begins with an entry from Elizabeth's journal, which Kache...