Flossie and Celina are sitting on the porch snapping peas for dinner. Flossie can’t stop talking about Sampson giving Matilda Wanda’s dress. The two women wonder what else he stole from Wanda and gave to Matilda. Flossie notices Celina's mind seems elsewhere, which concerns her. “Is everything alright? You seem to have drifted someplace.”
Celina manages to smile “I was thinking about Father and the others. Evan said in the telegram he received Father said Treasure scolded him about leaving home. Anyway, I'm glad she, Qaletaqa, and the rest of our family made it to Yankton before Father arrived.” She hates lying to Flossie but Evan and her decided it would be best if his mother didn’t know about the men that came there searching for Richard.
Now Flossie is fussing about Richard delive
