Part 4, Cecilia: Chapter 6 Summary

Sissy insists that Thomas Clinton stay in her mother's house for the night and join them for dinner. As Lorraine shows Thomas to the house, Son takes Sissy aside and asks her not to tell Thomas how old she is. Son insists that it would hurt Thomas' feelings to learn that Son and Rose married so quickly after she left him. Sissy suspects that her parents had to get married because her mother was pregnant and that this is what Son is trying to hide. Over dinner, Thomas is polite and answers all questions Sissy asks about her mother. It is a polite dinner, something Sissy thinks her mother would have been surprised by but proud of. Afterward, Son takes a bottle of whiskey and offers Thomas a drink. The men drink out on the back porch while Sissy...