The doctor tells the boy that he's too hot to eat, so he'll have to eat some pumpkin pie. The boy is upset, but the doctor reassures him that it's just his body heat that's making him so hot. The doctor says he was about to drown, but he managed to escape by following the followers of the church. He asks the boy to tell his father what happened, and the boy says that he hopes to find out more secrets from the woman. He says that if he can find more secrets, he can return to the South sooner.