Part 4 Summary (page 227 through page 277)

Jack, carrying a syrup bucket stuffed with food for Aycock, leaves the reunion and promises to return once he has told Aycock's mother where her son is so that she does not worry. Not long after, Willy Trimble arrives at the reunion, bringing news about the death of Miss Julia Mortimer; she had made it down to the road where she fell, and that is where Willy Trimble found her. When asked why it is exactly he has come to the reunion, Willy replies that he has already been to Alliance, but was run off by a crowd of people in Miss Julia Mortimer's yard. He had brought her a coffin as a present to thank her for everything she'd taught him as a boy, but they'd already procured one down in Gilfoy for her.

Willy offers...