Chapter Forty-four - Forty-five Summary

Loma walks around after Camp's death in a haze. People in Cold Sassy come to Aunt Loma's house to pay their condolences, both that her husband has passed away and that he is going to hell. They show up but don't intend to participate in a wake. Once everything in the parlor is under control, Grandpa Blakeslee walks upstairs to see about Loma and she embraces him and cries. She feels terribly guilty about how she treated Camp and verbalizes this.

Grandpa forces the town and the preacher to give Camp proper last respects. Since Loma is a young woman, it wouldn't be considered proper for her to live alone; therefore, she moves in with Mary Willis. Life is easier for Aunt Loma now, and she gradually adjusts to it. She now has time to do the...