Summary

The next section takes place in February, 1937. Henry masturbates while smelling of Naomi's slip. He reassures himself it will not be like this for long. He has reached a point that he always needs to imagine Naomi while masturbating or having sex. He puts Naomi's slip back and goes to bed. Naomi meets Wash at the river. He can tell something is wrong, but she refuses to say what is wrong. Naomi is teaching him Spanish. When they go to the tree, Naomi is angry that Wash has experience with sex. He is no longer interested in anyone other than Naomi. One day, Naomi and Tommie examine the dress Tommie made. The teacher says Tommie can have help making another dress, though she has to do the sewing herself. They agree to start over but are on a tight time constraint and cannot...