Chapter Thirty-three - Thirty-five Summary

That Sunday, one couple came to the services at Grandpa Blakeslee's house. Will speculates that they probably did it because they love to sing, and Effie Belle doesn't play the piano that well. They later say that they did it to remind the town that you are supposed to forgive sinners, though.

Loomis, Queenie's husband gives the sermon that day. This is another way that the town is scandalized - by Grandpa asking a black man to give the sermon. At the end of the sermon, Loomis tells Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love that God wants peace among his people, and that they should go back to their church and act right.

Hoyt misses church that day, which isn't like him. Hoyt has bought the first automobile in Cold Sassy, and he is waiting after church to...