- Father arrives home with the boy, feeling more himself than he has in awhile. At home they discover Sarah's son has begun to walk.
- Father and Mother discuss getting away. They make love that night and decide to take the family to Atlantic City until everything with Coalhouse blows over.
- Coalhouse's car is recovered from the pond. There are cries for Chief Conklin to leave town. State militia patrols the streets. In the midst of all this the family catches an early morning train to Atlantic City.