- Mr.__ and Grady come home.
- Celie’s in shock, having found Nettie’s letters, and he’s angry. She wants to kill Mr.__, but Shug talks her out of it.
- Shug shows signs of not being so interested in Grady anymore.
- Celie asks Shug to make Albert let the two of them sleep together for the rest of the time that Shug is visiting. Shug manages to do just that.