This chapter opens with a flashback to the early days of the Lins's gang, when Lins was a child. He was a member of the gang, and he and his sister, Fanny, were the only ones who knew the whereabouts of their father, who was dead. Fanny and Lins were inseparable, and Fanny was the only one who knew where their father was. When Fanny died, she left her father's belongings to her sister. Fanny's sister, Harriet, was the one who took care of the orphans, and she was also the one to take care of Lins when he died. Harriet's brother, Henry, was also a part of the group, but he died when he was only a child, leaving Fanny and her sister to fend for themselves.