Sanctuary

Popeye is driving with Temple in the passenger seat. She has a vacant look on her face, one that doesn’t change when they pass by Ruby on the road away from the Old Frenchman place. Temple stares at the landscape as it passes, and feels blood begin to pool beneath her. She is still bleeding after having been raped. The beautiful spring day is a sharp contrast to Temple’s recent experiences, and she begins to scream. Popeye pulls the car over and forces Temple to look at herself and see her tattered appearance to make her feel ashamed and stop screaming.

They arrive in the town of Dumfries, and Temple panics about the possibility of someone she knows seeing her. Popeye goes into a shop to buy some food for them, and when he gets back, Temple has fled the car. He finds her, and she says she had to hide from some boys from school who were passing, noting that the blood has reached her ankle now. Popeye threatens her, and she quietly gets back into the car.

Arriving in Memphis, Popeye takes her to Reba Rivers, a madame who runs a popular brothel. Reba is happy to see that Popeye has finally gotten himself a girl and leads Temple into the house.