suzie opens a letter and a picture of a baby falls out. suzie looks at the picture before reading the letter. she tries to find a place for it among the other baby pictures that cover the entire mirror on the dresser. gideon comes in and starts to undress.
the bedroom door to harry's room is cracked open. peering through the cracked door, we see harry asleep on his pallet. his back is turned to the camera. it is dead silent. there does not seem to be any sign of life. on the floor is a plate that has water in it. it looks like it is for a dog.
suzie bursts into the room and then moves very slowly to gideon, who is sitting on the bed out of breath.
the room is crowded with people. suzie is putting gideon's shirt on. harry is leaning against the door. after having put his shirt on, suzie puts his house shoes on and directs babe brother and junior to hold him up while she tucks his shirt in and puts on his suspenders.
suzie helps gideon to undress. gideon loses hit balance but catches himself on the side of the bed.
pat, linda, junior, rhonda, babe brother, sunny and suzie are all standing around waiting for gideon to wake up.