Summary

In the 33rd chapter, Alice narrates in the first-person past. Standish asked Billington what happened, but Billington would not admit what he had done. All he said was that Standish had given his land away. Billington told the governor he would have to let him go free because having a murder in the colony would be the colony’s doom. Billington was taken down to the jail.

In the 34th chapter, Eleanor narrates in the first-person past. She was happy that her husband had not confessed, but she saw no way out of his situation.

In the 35th chapter, Alice narrates in the first-person past. Her husband wrote to John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and asked him what he should do about Billington.

In the 36th chapter, Eleanor narrates in the first-person past. She went to her husband’s...