Chapter+23

First Winnie hides Jesse's bottle in a bureau drawer. Then there was nothing for her to do but wait. Then Winnie noticed that the air was heavier, so she conclude that it was going to rain. She started to think about the things she had done that she knew she was forbidden to do. Then she started to think about what her mother and granmother would say when the constable brought her home for the second time. The clock chimed eleven. The Tucks needed her she thought. She wondered if she would drink from the spring when she was 17. She convinced herself the Tucks were mad. Then she fell asleep. When she woke up she stared at the clock. She could barely make out the numerals, it was five minutes until twelve.