Better a dinner of Herbs, Byron Herbert Reece

The most recent reading I read told the story of Uncle Enid and Danny leaving Enid's farm. On the wagon Danny asked his uncle who his mom was. Enid responded saying that she was a flower. On the way to where Enid was looking for a job, which was a factory called "The Smelters", there was a woman trying to hitch a ride from her sister's house. She was going back to her house,on the ride back Enid told the woman he was looking for a place for Danny to live while he was working at the Smelters. The woman, whose name was Mary, said that Danny could live with her family. At the end of the chapter, the text mentioned that the husband of Mary made Uncle Enid the Overseer of his farm.

I liked this chapter because it almost confirms that my predictions about what was going to happen are true. The predictions were that the first part of the book was the present and the rest of the book would tell about all the events that will lead up to the Preacher's death. I was also suprised to learn that Danny is a bastard child because his mom gave birth to him single, and she died six weeks after he was born. It also showed realism in the fact that Enid didn't like Danny at first when he was born because he felt as though Danny had killed his sister. I also thought it was a little ironic in the book because Mary called her husband a good man and looked down as if she didn't really mean it. Kind of like the story written by Kate Chopin. I was also suprised in one part when Enid, Mary and Danny had a camp fire and Enid and Mary left Danny to do something she shouldn't be doing with Enid. I think that this might cause some drama later in the book between Enid and the Preacher.