Part 1: Chapters 3-4 Summary

In chapter 3, Hollis goes around and checks his property, making sure everyone has stayed off of it. Hollis owns Guardian Farm, a farm that was once one of the biggest horse farms in the area. Hollis has allowed the house and grounds to go to ruin, trying to kill all that reminds him of his unhappy childhood when he and his lover once envied this home and the people who lived in it. In the barn, Hollis goes to check on his few remaining horses: an old race horse that once killed two men, a nag used to work the farm, and a pony that once belonged to Hollis' son. The pony has colic and Hollis left his adoptive nephew to care for it, but the boy has fallen asleep. Hollis yells at Hank, making him feel inadequate for...