Chapter 6 Summary

The widow Molly Morden is at home, sitting beside the warm fire, unraveling the wool from an old sweater into a neat ball. She is startled when she hears the crunching sound of soldiers marching by outside. Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. Molly, fearing that it is soldiers, calls through the door. It is Annie at her door. As she lets the cook inside, Annie tells her that the Mayor, Dr. Winter and two of the Anders brothers have chosen her house as a meeting place and will be at her door in the next hour. The purpose of the visit was not made clear to Annie. Annie gives Molly a small square of meat which the hungry young woman quickly eats.

Shortly after Annie leaves, there is another knock on Molly's door. Molly is frightened when she opens the...