Summary

Chapter 3: Susan sends Ollie to St. Paul’s, a school in the East. He does not want to go, but Susan believes it is best for him. The men work hard on the canal systems. Susan thinks too hard. Susan cannot bring herself to call on the women of Boise. She refuses because she doesn’t have suitable clothes and she is not of Boise and does not want to be. She lives her life as if waiting for something.

Frank is going East to visit his parents so Susan gives him a letter to deliver to Augusta so that Augusta may meet him. Augusta likes him and Frank talks to her of his torment between his loyalty to Oliver and his love for Susan. Susan feels his torment. Susan watches Oliver to see if he is drinking and wonders if he watches her...