Summary

Babe is throwing her final luncheon, a carefully crafted event she planned in the months leading up to her death. Although she is now gone, the rest of the Swans see her everywhere at the lunch and take special notice of the gardens she so meticulously cared for in her Kiluna home. The Swans also take note of the closeness between Bill and Slim at the lunch. They realize that they were the two closest to Babe, but they question how intimate they are together. Being that it is Babe’s memorial, however, they refrain from making any indecent comments.

In the months prior to her death, Babe took special care to catalogue all of her material possessions, deciding which gifts to bestow to her friends and family. Notably, she makes sure to leave Truman out of the gift giving, and, worried that...