- Gerry mentions vaguely that after telling Miss Kew the Baby is three phrase in the library, something happened, he screamed, she comforted him, and he cussed at her.
- Lone told him, he relays to Alicia, that he should do everything Alicia says and keep her happy, so long as the group stays together. He describes the instructions as unbreakable.
- He told Miss Kew he'd go fetch the other kids. Here we go again!
- As he left, Miss Kew told him he'd have to learn manners. He said okay, okay, and walked out, just the way we responded to our parents when we were adolescents.
- Gerry returned to the shelter and found the others, minus Lone, depressed. Gerry told them to follow Lone's orders to go to Miss Kew's. They refused, with Janie saying the group couldn't "blesh" anymore.
- Gerry said he had to be Lone now, the head. Baby said that wasn't possible. Gerry acknowledged he didn't have special mind powers. Finally Janie agreed they should go to Miss Kew's, on Baby's orders. That it wasn't on his own orders made Gerry mad.
- They reached the Kew house and argued with Miriam at the door again about how filthy they appeared. Janie took Gerry's orders for the first time, telling Miriam to go to hell. Miriam threatened to quit if Miss Kew let them stay. The twins did their teleporting act, scaring the two older women. Ho-ho.
- Miss Kew marched forward, but stopped when she saw Baby. Gerry explained the infant was Baby. Miss Kew inspected the child disapprovingly, then woke Miriam, who had passed out, to go get cleaning supplies.
- Gerry and Miss Kew argued over grammar. Then Miss Kew asked Gerry how the twins could be his sisters, given that they're black. Gerry is puzzled by the question. Miss Kew said that whites and blacks couldn't be siblings. Janie insisted that their group was different.
- Miss Kew began giving Baby a bath with Miriam's supplies. Gerry tried to stop her, but Janie told him Baby said not to worry.
- Miss Kew refused to let Miriam quit and said the children were simply neglected. And Miss Kew continued to correct grammar. Wow, always about the grammar. G-r-a-m-m-a-r, by the way, not g-r-a-m-m-e-r, although that's spelling, not grammar. Sorry.
- Miss Kew told Gerry that for the kids to continue living with her, they must obey her and Miriam. The group agreed. Miss Kew couldn't understand the telepathy and signaling question-asking process.
- Miriam was relieved that the children would obey her. She held her hands out to the twins and they went right to her. Miriam suddenly seemed human to Gerry.
- Gerry concludes the memory section by saying the two older women tried to change the group for three years.