Chapter Forty-eight - Forty-nine Summary

Grandpa Blakeslee is in bad shape. Will notes that he isn't only hurt physically - his pride is also hurt.

Will hears Grandpa and Miss Love talking. Grandpa and Miss Love both say that they can feel God's presence. Grandpa then tells Miss Love about the verse of scripture that Will has been wondering about that says ask and it shall be given to you. Grandpa says that he thinks that he feels this verse is talking about spiritual gifts. If you ask anything spiritual, God will give it to you.

By the middle of the week, Grandpa Blakeslee is running a fever and coughing. The doctor is sent for and the family gathers, worrying. Miss Love tells Will that if Grandpa dies, she is only staying in Cold Sassy as long as it takes to sell...