Chapter 10 Summary

Pony walked down the hall in a daze. He had to walk home because Dally had taken the car. Pony pretended Johnny hadn't died, that he was just somewhere else. Pony wandered for hours in his confused state. A man pulled over and asked him if he needed a ride. He asked Ponyboy if he was alright. Pony said he was ok. The man told Pony that his head was bleeding. The man asked his address and drove him home.

The rest of the gang was in the living room when Pony got home. They were all beat up and bandaged. Darry asked where Pony had been and what was wrong. Pony told everyone that Johnny was dead. The room was silent. Then Pony told them that Dally had lost it and had taken off. Soda tried to get Ponyboy to sit down...