London—21 September 1940 Summary

Miss Snelgrove, the supervisor, and Majorie, one of the other shop girls, settles Polly in to rest on one of the cots in the basement and bomb shelter of the Townsend Brothers. Later, Marjorie brings down a cup of tea and parcel that is black skirt from Miss Snelgrove. Polly keeps waiting for the retrieval team.

She keeps telling herself that they don't know where to find her, so she repositions herself so that they can. This thought process sends her upstairs back behind her work counter. At closing time, the retrieval team still hasn't come and Marjorie whisks Polly off to her house so Polly doesn't have to stay alone. On the way home, the bus is diverted so the girls start walking to the tube station. When Polly sees where they are, she realizes she was here...