Chapter 3 Summary

Spunk has moved Lena out of her home and into the Bradley house, which he is buying for her. He does not want people to continue talking about her.

The first night they are together in the house, a black bobcat comes and walks all around the house, howling. Spunk takes his gun to go and kill it, but it looks him right in the eye and howls right at him. Spunk says it isn't a bobcat; it is Joe come back from Hell.

Walter says, "He oughter be nervous after what he done. . . . Ah bet he'll be back time and agin, too."

?Taint nothin' for Spunk to fight when he ain't skeered of nothin."' He also reminds Elijah that Lena was the only thing Joe ever wanted and the only thing he ever had. He believes Joe is back to wreak...