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Jack travels to the Ames’s house to drop off a magazine and play catch with Robby. He hopes that his attention to Ames’s son will help reconcile their relationship. He returns to their home the next day again to play with Robby. They invite him to stay for dinner, but he declines. Glory encourages Jack to accept the invitation the next time. He ventures to the Ames’s home the next day and stays for dinner. Glory and her father wait for Jack on the front porch. Jack proclaims that he will be attending church this Sunday.

Jack leaves for church. When he does not return, Glory goes to look for him. She finds him in the barn. He informs Glory that Ames’s sermon was on “the disgraceful abandonment of children by their fathers” (206). Jack was horrified and felt all “the eyes of Gilead upon me” (206). Glory begins to cry. Jack shares that he and Della dated and lived together for over nine years. Glory reflects on her own relationship and why she continued the engagement. Jack reveals that he was scared to return home and that he hoped to get help from his father or Reverend Ames.