- The family stops at a house to ask for water, since Cash is on the edge of death.
- Darl mixes cement for Cash’s leg with powder, water, and some sand that Vardaman collects.
- They pour the cement over Cash’s leg to create a cast.
- Jewel returns, says nothing, and gets into the wagon.
- Anse sees a hill ahead of them, so he has them all get out and walk.