Chapter 10 Summary

In Chapter 10, Slake goes to sleep for the night. He puts out his breakfast. He wakes up to find a small rat eating it. Slake does nothing. He watches the rat eat the food. There is something pathetic about this rat and it reminds Slake of something, but he is not sure what. The rat eats until there is nothing left. Slake decides he cannot go without breakfast again. The next morning Slake gets wires, a stone and a tin can. He forms a barrier for his breakfast. It works. Slake eats his breakfast and the rat watches him.

There is a new woman at the platform that morning. Her name is Millie and she tries to talk with the cleaning lady. Millie finds a prescription and tries to find out who it belongs to. Her family is all in bad health and...