Chapter 21, To The Mississippi through A Postlude Summary

Henry wakes in chapter twenty-one, eats breakfast, and notes that the pain in his stomach is more severe today. He continues to drive, and notices Solstice looks particularly bad, as well. He drinks more beer, twinging in pain in his pancreas. Henry drives until twilight and stops in Hannibal. He drinks several beers in a local bar, drives thirty more miles, and camps. He takes a ferry to Illinois and chats with the assistant ferryman, a young woman. He continues onward, arriving in St. Louis, lamenting about the state of conditions in the town. He stops in a state park and thinks of how Lewis and Clark would feel if they saw the city now. Henry realizes he doesn't feel well at all. He wonders if Will will be happy to...