Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 5 opens with Doris trying to sooth Hagar by asking her if she wants a sleeping pill. Hagar says she'll sleep, knowing that she won't but trying to be meek and mild. She begins to think about a place called Shadow Point where she once went for a picnic and realizes that since Marvin manages her money, she doesn't have any cash of her own. Hagar remembers, however, that her pension check is on the desk, so she plans to get it in the morning.

The story flashes back to another time that Hagar planned to take action. She remembers packing her and John's things in a trunk and telling John that she's leaving for his sake. In putting together all their belongings, she tries to find the plaid-pin that she had given to John, but he doesn't know where it is. When...