Part 3, Chapter 3 Summary

They go through the big house and find Charity in bed. Charity dismisses the nurse and tells them that they'd better talk. Sid warns her that the nurse thinks she's been talking too much, and she scolds him for being wretched at a time when she needs to talk to Sally. He takes it further and tells her the nurse thinks she shouldn't go on the picnic. Expecting a lashing, Sid is surprised to hear her say that she probably shouldn't go on the picnic. But she insists that he go because it's a family picnic. He shakes his head, but she pushes on and on, giving reason after reason why he must go to the picnic with the rest of the family and eat and sing around the campfire.

He says he won't, that he knows she is planning to...