Section 4: Part 1 Summary

This section is entitled "Night."

"The Sunlight Fades" Chick wills the glass storm to pass, and he and Posey leave Miss Thelma's house. Chick asks whether he's going to die, and Posey tells him only God knows that. They then visit several elderly men, not so much traveling from place to place as popping in and out of their thoughts - going, as Posey suggests, where she's being thought of. During these visits, Chick asks Posey whether she ever dated any of the men (she says no), why she never married again (she doesn't answer that one), and whether she was ever lonely (she tells him she had him and Roberta, and then her friends, to keep her company). They return to the house, and Posey makes Chick some dinner, chattering in the way she used to about her various, and...