Mason, John and Hamilton were still thinking deeply on the next thing to do since Rica did not want to see any of them. They were beginning to come to the conclusion that Hamilton should just go over and see Edythe himself. Maybe he might find out what was really Edythe's problem where he was. They believed that there was something Edythe must have told Rica about them that had caused her to develop hatred for them all.
Elsie was having another free day in the week that followed and she still volunteered again to go and see Rica. She was having the feeling that the first plan of her meeting Edythe would work, just that she had to get back with Rica first.
She told her brother in the evening that she would be going again to La Tuque to see Rica the next day. John at first told her that t
