July 8, 1882, through July 27, 1884 Summary

On July 8, 1882, Sarah recounts that all the children of the Mexican family who live nearby, the Maldonados, survive their encounter with measles except a little girl who is called Yoyo who continues to have spots on her mouth and doesn't keep anything down for sixteen days. On July 10, Yoyo's birthday, the little girl is buried. On July 12, Savannah goes into labor and gives birth to a healthy son that they name Clover Jeremiah Prine. On July 13, Sarah had ridden to Jimmy's house to tell him about the baby. It's dark when Sarah arrives, and she has a supper of pancakes with Jimmy. A storm breaks and Sarah is debating whether she should go home in the rain or risk her reputation by staying at Jimmy's house for the night when there's a knock on the door and a man...