Chapter 7 Summary

This chapter begins with an image of David trudging through a snowstorm, determined to "go on and on until he came to Denmark and found the woman whom he knew must be his mother" (see "Quotes," p. 157). He also becomes more confused about his feelings for the man, hating him and grateful to him at the same time. The storm in his mind is echoed by the storm raging around him, and David finds it increasingly difficult to keep moving but refuses to call on God for help. Just as he's about to faint from the cold, however, he is discovered by a man whom he immediately believes is one of THEM.

Narration reveals, however, that the man is in fact just a farmer, but a cruel and selfish one who lives with his equally cruel family on a remote farm. They take...