Part Two: Set Free - Chapter Ten Summary

As soon as they arrive at The Reverent Miriam Young's house, they are informed that the preacher has passed on. All three travelers are completely shocked, stunned and desperate. The three stand there, dumbfounded, unable to turn away from the house. They hadn't planned for this. They have no backup to Miriam not being there. The man delivering the news, the Reverend's nephew, tells them that he's set her bats free, too. Ob makes a desperate attempt for the man to help him contact May, but the man stiffens and says he doesn't have any spiritual powers and that he's very sorry. It's clear then that he would like the family to leave.

Back in the car, Cletus tries to say that he knows of another man in Sissonville that may...