Chapter Fourteen through Sixteen Summary

Constance Beauclaire goes to Katherine's cabin to borrow liniment for Georges' sprained foot. Constance picks up Mary Aroon and is reminded of her baby Suzanne. Katherine inquires about Suzanne and Constance tells the story of her trip to America from France when she was only eighteen years old, the same age as Katherine. Constance loses her whole family to smallpox on the boat over from France. Constance says, "Women up here speak of their first family, their second family, their third family. Counting the baby boy I lost that first winter, I've had four families. Nine children. They're out there" (pg. 158.) She waves to the graveyard. Diseases such as the measles, scarlet fever, and typhoid claimed the lives of her other families.

Katherine remembers that her mother told her there are people in the world who are...