Morality
- Okay, this opening conversation is super helpful, because if you read it instead of just skimming it, you'll have a better idea of what's going on in much of Part 3.
- Miss Gerard asks a sheriff to let her see her cousin, whom she says was discharged from the Air Force seven years ago after medical trouble. The cop asks the doctor's name. She says Thompson, then Dr. Bromfield. They talk further and the sheriff warns her that her cousin is crazy, that he punched a plate glass window for no reason and doesn't know his name. Finally the sheriff relents and takes her to the cell.
- Hip Barrows, the prisoner—remember him from Part 1 Section 13?—doesn't stir when they try to talk with him.
- The sheriff allows Miss Gerard to go in alone. She tells Hip she lied about being his cousin and that she just wants to help him. He stays silent.
- She says she'll leave but will return to help. He asks why. She says he's broken down and special.
- Crazy time! Hip calls her crazy. She says he was called crazy too, so they have something in common.
- She tells him she arranged for a lawyer and a doctor for his broken arm, not a psychiatrist. Hip remains silent.