Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Angie tells Silas about Larry’s condition and asks if Silas will be coming to the hospital. Silas plans to go to Larry’s to investigate but tells Angie he might meet up with her later depending on how things go at Larry’s. Silas checks in with French, who will go to the hospital before meeting Silas at Larry’s place. At Larry’s house, Silas finds much unchanged since the last time he was there: “Only here once and he still remembered it” (59). Silas finds a vast array of books in Larry’s room; he searches the rest of the house before heading out to the barn. Once there, Silas remembers hunting for lizards and snakes with Larry as a child. Silas worries about encountering a snake but instead finds Larry’s chicken coop.

French joins Silas, and the two search for out-of-place footprints. Silas shows French a .22 pistol found at the crime scene, which French notes Larry was not supposed to have since his gun privileges were taken away. French speculates that Larry may have shot himself and suspects it might have something to do with Tina Rutherford’s disappearance. The two discuss the strangeness of the way Larry lives, with French calling Larry a “frozen in the 1960s kind of character” (64).