Summary

The police come to ask Sweetland whom he suspects did the arson. Sweetland point out there are likely a dozen possible suspects, no one will come forward, and even if he knew who did it, he wouldn't tell the police, because he deserved it.

Sweetland goes to Duke's shop to check out the chess game he is no longer part of. Duke and Pilgrim have been interviewed by the police, and wonder who committed the crime. They note that he still has his boat. Pilgrim ask if he's going to go out fishing for their food allotment of cod, because Jesse has been asking about it. Sweetland thinks Clara would be against it, but Pilgrim thinks she's less angry with him because of the fire. He tells Sweetland to come over after Jesse's gone to bed.

Sweetland goes to the Pilgrims' house...