Ethan waits for Mattie outside of the church building, but when he sees her talking with Denis Eady, he hides and grows more and more jelous as their conversations prgresses, and Denis offers Mattie a ride home. Mattie politely declines Denis's offer, and starts walking home by herslef, this is when Ethan comes out of hiding and he and Mattie walk home together. Ethan is glad that Mattie did not accept Denis Eady's offer of a ride home, but he is bothered by what his wife Zeena had told him, about Mattie possibly leaving them. So Ethan awkwardly asks Mattie if she was going to leave them, she says "Where would I go if I did?" and he is put at ease by this answer. When they return home they realize that the key that is usually left for them under the mat, by Zeena, was not there. They find this suspicious (because Zeena is not one to forget). Finally Zeena comes to the door and lets in. Zeena goes to head upstairs and calls Ethan. Ethan makes up an excuse to stay downstairs because he does not want Mattie to see him follow Zeena into their bedroom. During this part of the book Zeena begins to grow suspicious of Mattie and Ethan's relationship.
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