- The night of Agatha's funeral, Georgie lets herself back into her room by way of the oak tree outside her window, in classic middle grade tomboy fashion.
- She pretends to be asleep when Ma comes in because she doesn't want to talk about Agatha being dead. Can't say we blame her.
- In the middle of the night, Georgie gets up to work on her "For Journey" list. She adds food—always helpful—and The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph B. Marcy. Because it's always nice to take a good book on a road trip.
- Georgie plans to get the items Marcy recommends from the store, leaving an IOU; she'll wear her split skirt for riding and take a photo of Agatha.
- She admits she's planning to go to Dog Hollow, where Sheriff McCabe found the body.
- The one thing she can't get on her own is a horse, so she plans to ask Billy McCabe for help because the McCabes raise horses.
- The next day, she tells Billy her plan and asks for the loan of a horse. They argue about horse quality and price, and Billy, like everyone else, tries to convince her that Agatha is dead.
- Georgie challenges him to tell her what really happened the day he and Agatha kissed, but he won't. He's all none of your business about it.
- Finally, Billy agrees to take Georgie's five Bechtler gold coins in exchange for delivering a horse to Mount Zion Cemetery on Saturday night.
- It begins to storm, and Georgie tells us it wouldn't rain again until October. Huh.