- Ben's now been in Mississippi for four weeks. He realizes his room is always damp and hot; it's not a fun way to live.
- He still hasn't heard anything from Roosevelt.
- It's then that Ben begins to wonder whether the message even reached the President's desk.
- Just then, a man comes up to Ben's window and asks if he's Mr. Corbett.
- It turns Moody sent the guy. There's been another lynching, and this time it was Hiram Cross.