|
The
shadow of a crow |
Hospital. Blind man. Begins the journey through the window |
|
The
ground beneath her hands |
Helpless. Monroe’s death. Visit to the Swangers.
Arrival of Ruby |
|
The
color of despair |
Journey. Three home guards. Recalls 1st
meeting of Ada. Ferry ride w/woman |
|
Verbs,
all of them tiring |
Ruby
& Ada begin reclamation. Ada
recalls Inman meeting. Barters Piano |
|
Like
any other thing, a gift |
Inman
meets Veasey/Laura. Meets
Gypsies. Reads Bartram. Dreams of Ada |
|
Ashes
of roses |
Ada
learns more. Travelers. Remembers Charleston, Blount, gown &
Mirror |
|
Exile
and brute wandering |
Veasey
joins him. Women washing. Honey.
Catfish. Odell the peddler |
|
Source
and root |
Ada
& Ruby to town. Birdlore. Ada
decries war. Home guard horror-jail. The
story of Monroe & Ada’s mother.
Ruby’s crow philosophy. |
|
To
live like a gamecock |
Water-logged
bull. Junior and the home guard.
Lula. Guard. Shot. Kills Jr. |
|
In
place of the truth |
R
& A have a thief. Scarecrow. Inman’s
letter. Ada remembers last meeting |
|
The
doing of it |
Hill
country. Goat woman. Healing.
Sleep. Food. No lasting memory
of pain |
|
Free
will savages |
Ruby
finds Stobrod. Returns with fiddle. |
|
Bride
bed full of blood |
Wet
crow. Young widow. Feds.
Hen pecks. Hog killing. |
|
A
satisfied mind |
Apples
for Ada. Chops wood.Letter to Lucy.
Pangle & Stobrod. Ruby’s
story |
|
A
vow to bear |
Inman
buries the child. Eats well. Hanging
bones. Bear and Cold Mountain |
|
Naught
and grief |
Stobrod’s
tale. Homeguard ambush. Pangle dead. Georgia boy survives |
|
Black
bark in winter |
Ada
& Ruby go to Stobrod. Cold
Mountain’s in your way. Dressed in britches |
|
Footsteps
in the snow |
Inman
finds Ada gone. Follows the
footsteps. They meet, hunters in
Winter |
|
The
far side of trouble |
One
night w/o Inman. One night
w/Inman Three nights with Inman |
|
Spirits
of crows, dancing |
Ambushed
on the fifth day. Irony galore. Teague shot. |