- Tom and Birdy finish shingling the roof with a little help from Massey and his men, as promised. When that's done, Tom thinks it's one of the most "impressive" things he's ever seen.
- But putting the siding on turns out to be even better.
- When that's done, Tom really feels like the barn is finally his because it no longer looks like the Breen barn on the outside.
- Every once in a while, Tom still finds himself taking Birdy for granted, so he brings him up to the barn to finish getting Birdy's savings account in order.
- Birdy and Tom discuss plans for the barn floor. Tom still wants a cement floor, but Birdy says there is not enough time before winter to get that done. Birdy advises him to use the Breen flooring and lay the cement floor one section at a time during the winter.
- They go up to the Breen place to get the flooring, and Tom tells Birdy about the night he and Polly Ann had gone to look for the money.
- When Tom and Birdy come upon the hole, they fill it up with dirt and stomp it smooth so that it doesn't look like anything was ever buried there.