Summary

Ed goes to Bobby’s room in the morning, tells him to by new clothes and revisits the story they’re giving people. Bobby says someone asked about the canoe that was destroyed and Ed realizes the authorities have probably found it higher than where they said they lost it. They change their story as a result. From there, they visit Lewis at the hospital, who is being guarded by patrolmen from the highway police who separate them and take Ed and Bobby back into town with them.

From there, a search party is organized for Drew. The group heads upriver towards the extreme rapids and Ed says they should start the search there. A group of people, mostly farmers, set out with hooks on ropes to drag the river in search of the body. Someone approaches Ed and asks him why he wanted to canoe...