Part 5 Summary (page 311 through page 368)

Nightfall creeps upon the reunion almost without them noticing, and so everyone reluctantly moves back to the porch. Granny, in her chair, is carried by Jack to her place at the head of the steps. Gloria tells Jack of how Willy Trimble found Miss Mortimer, and of the relationship between Miss Mortimer and Judge Moody, and he says that he heard, he had simply been standing back for a time. She continues, telling him about how the women force-fed her watermelon and that everyone at the reunion believes her daddy to be Sam Dale Beecham and her mother Rachel Sojourner; which means that her and Jack are cousins. She is distraught, but Jack is pleased at the news.

Gloria reveals that Miss Mortimer had sent her a letter saying that if she intended to go through with...