The boys go back to the farm, and we learn how Moody dealt with his homecoming after returning from the Pacific during WW II. We hear the unhidden disdain between Granny and Moody’s father, even during prayer, and perhaps most importantly, we meet Miss Odell. She gives us a glimpse of the self-sustaining farm the Moody family enjoyed for generations as free people of color before the Civil War, located well below the Mason-Dixon line.