Chapter 10-12 Summary and Analysis

In chapter ten, two young men, Robert Travis and Larry Peters go to their boss, Dr. Brown's, house to steal gasoline. The men mean no harm to Dr. Brown and wait for her to go to bed before driving up her driveway to steal the gas. While Peters is getting the gas, Travis decides to go into the house to steal her gun. Dr. Brown catches Travis and he hits her. Dr. Brown falls down. Travis, believing she is dead, panics and tells Peter's that he found her dead and that she had once told him to burn down the house if he ever found her dead. Peters and Travis burn Dr. Brown's house with her inside.

Peters tells people in the community that he was at Dr. Brown's house the night she died, so the police are questioning...