Informed by Temple’s workers, McSorley confronts Temple for sheltering Everett and the baby. Temple denies his claims and explains that the child her workers saw was her sister’s daughter, who is in Estevan for a medical examination. McSorley orders a search of the farm.

Gertie and Everett watch the confrontation from the kitchen window. Gertie urges Everett to hide in the storm cellar under the library. Everett goes to the library and labels the diary “Proportee of Willo Greenwud,” giving Pod a new name before he hides the book on the shelves. He leaves the library copy of the Odyssey open on the table as a parting message for Temple. Afterward, he takes Pod and stows away on the next passing train.

Everett and Pod travel into the mountains. Though he holds off using the car’s coal stove as long as he can, the cold forces Everett to keep Pod warm. Somebody knocks on the car door.

Harris constructs a cabin retreat on his new island. Meanwhile, Harris’s logging crews get to work clearing the island forest to meet their Japanese clients’ demands.

After Harris and Feeney indulge in their regular Friday picnic, they are visited by Lomax, whom Baumgartner informed of Harris’s whereabouts.