Apple Picking Time Summary

In the long, final chapter, the novel returns to the time of the first chapter, fall of 1666. Faith is buried next to her brothers, but no one wants to bury Aphra. Brand finally helps Anna lay her to rest. Elinor is buried at the churchyard. Mr. Stanley leads the prayer at her funeral as Michael Mompellion is too upset. At her death, Michael had clung to her body until men were finally able to pull him away. Anna tended to her body and remembered her words - be a friend to my Michael. All Anna has been able to do is serve him since then, as he is solitary and disconsolate. Soon after Elinor's death, Mompellion sent word to announce the end of the plague and to ask that roads in and out of the village be reopened. He...