Come My Soul, That Hath Long Languished, Chapters 8 and 9 Summary

Loretta is also on the streets during the riots that day and has gone out to steal a television. After carrying the television home, Loretta realizes that the set does not work and stares at the shiny sticker touting a guarantee. Loretta's building catches fire that night when a firebomb is thrown inside. Everything Loretta owned burns up, including the new stolen television set. Loretta joins the throngs of people seeking shelter in a local YMCA where she engages in conversation with several of the other victims stranded here. As the traumatized people wonder and worry about their children, it occurs to Loretta that she does not know the location of any of her own, including Randolph, the boy she had with Pat Furlong.

Loretta thinks about...