Summary

Chapter 11. Rebecca worries about Olin and his search for his mother during dinner. Afterward, no one wants to testify at the sharing episode, so Ben Lama leads everyone in a ceremonial dance. Olin joins in with the two novice nuns. There is some argument that what they have done is disrespectful, but others argue that it was right, for it was healing.

Chapter 12. Olin runs into Sister Catherine the next morning and learns that Sister Ann-Marie has decided to leave, which means Sister Catherine will have to leave as well. Sister Catherine believes the local priest has made a bad report about her and she will be dismissed from the convent when she returns. Later, Earwig teases Olin for spending so much time with Sister Catherine. He also tells Olin that he was part of a group of Jews in a Romanian village...