Crow Lake

Daniel and Kate continue driving. They’re staying with Matt, Marie, and Simon, who live on the old Pye farm. Matt and Marie meet them in the driveway. Kate introduces Daniel, thinking, “After all these weeks of dreading it, visualizing it, living it in advance a thousand times, it was said. And my voice was fine” (261). Simon joins them. Marie seems the same but less fearful than she once was. Kate points out a group of bats to Daniel, noticing that Marie doesn’t seem interested. Kate and Marie have a polite, distant relationship. Luke and Bo arrive. Bo has grown “tall and blond and beautiful as a warrior” (265), and Luke is still very handsome. Bo shares local gossip.

Inside, Kate wonders how Marie can stand to live in the house where she grew up. She remembers the night Marie came crying to their door. Marie was certain Calvin would kill her for being pregnant. Luke pressed her to explain her comments, and Marie confessed that Calvin had murdered Laurie. After Laurie ran away, he returned for his coat, but Calvin caught him, took him to the barn, and beat him to death. After hearing the story, Luke sent Matt and Marie to the other room and then called Dr.