She was the most beautiful woman in the world and made him feel important.Ĭlarence interrupts Jean’s story to inform them that there is news of Minerva. In his prayers, he heard the sounds of the highway and decided to head to the city. Jean felt he needed something to change, since he suffered from rages and moodiness, and “nothing seemed solid to me anymore.” That feeling brought him to the church, where he prayed for the second or third time in his life. Rose says she would rather leave than be around him when he’s behaving like this.īack in Jean’s room, French listens to the story of how his father ran away to the city at the age of thirteen.
Rose pulls him aside and they exchange harsh words. But French responds harshly, telling her to go watch Derrick, who is wrestling nearby. French feels like a hero as he helps them carry it back to the camp. Off in the distance, a whistle indicates that the scouts have shot a good-sized buck. Clarence tells him it’s hunting day and he joins Miig, General, and a few other men as they head into the bush. The following morning French wakes up early and feels relieved to find that Rose is alone in her tent. Everyone else in the group dances joyously, including Rose, who concedes with a giggle when Derrick asks her to dance. Feeling angry, French crosses his arms and doesn’t participate. Derrick is one of the performers and he has an amazing voice. There is traditional drumming, singing, and dancing. Then a man calls them out to the cave for social night. French laments that he has “done things” and his father comforts him. Jean explains that he looked for them every day, and that finding their lost community was the reason for bringing the Council and the others together.
Then he angrily asks his father if he even bothered to look for him and Mitch. Jean asks French what he’s looking for out there, and French explains that he’s looking for Minerva, since it’s the right thing to do.
Rose runs to catch up with him but he brushes her off rudely and she walks away upset.įeeling downtrodden without understanding why, French visits his father’s room. Derrick is very cocky and this bothers French, who feels that he is “trying to impress the girls by being a dick to me.” French feels uneasy and anxious and begins to walk briskly away from the others at the camp. Clarence, a Council member, formally introduces French to his nephew, Derrick, the young man who captured him in the woods.
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