Part 2, Chapter 13 Summary

Mrs. Riley comes in and helps Dolores turn on the gas. They talk for a few minutes about Mary and how she died in her sleep. Dolores picks up a towel on a bed in the living room, and Mrs. Riley tells her she used it to lay Mary out. She rolled it up under Mary's chin to keep her mouth closed. Mrs. Riley wonders why Dolores came since there is nothing of value for her to inherit. After Mrs. Riley leaves, Dolores walks through the house, noting the things that are different and the things that are not.

Rose is across town having an argument with her husband. He walks out of the house, forbidding her to go to the funeral as he walks away. Rose takes a bag of peas from the freezer to attend to a bruise quickly...