Part 2, pages 201-217 Summary

While sitting in Ray's room waiting for the evening square dance to begin, Jick tells Ray that the summer so far has left Jick feeling unsettled. Ray tells Jick he thinks too much.

The boys walk down to the Sedgewick House for the evening square dance. When Alec and Leona arrive, Jick notes their arrival. After Alec and Leona dance some, they stop and visit with Jick. While they are talking, Mac and Beth McCaskill arrive together making an entrance that brings them applause. As the room's attention turns to them, Alec excuses himself from Jick and takes Leona saying they have more dancing to do.

Jick's parents join Jick and Ray. There is visiting and dancing as the night proceeds, but Alec and his parents avoid each other. When the caller for the square dance asks Mac to...