Part 3, Chapter 33 Summary

Tom arrives back home to find that Meo has died. One day, Meo decided he was going to die and then died in his sleep. The doctor tells him Meo was not sick, but just 'knew'. The doctor advises Tom to stop rodeo riding and settle down, buy the ranch cheap and raise sheep or cattle, but Tom will not agree. The doctor tries to argue, citing what happened to Red and Meo and telling Tom he still has a chance if he will take it.

Tom goes back to the cabin, but it is a strange place to him. Tom looks at the weeds in the bean and chili fields and thinks that if the beans and chilies cannot live with the weeds they do not belong there. Tom decides he does not hate the weeds. Tom also decides he...