Willow returns home for the funeral of Harris, who died in the woods of a brain tumor. Willow recently gave birth to a son but hasn’t named him yet. She spent her pregnancy on Greenwood Island and was planning to surprise Harris.

Willow feels conflicted about her childhood home, torn between her sentimentality and her ideology. She attends a reception for industry titans and former Greenwood employees. Baumgartner introduces himself and expresses his belief that Harris and Willow maintained an open and transparent relationship with one another. Willow sits through memorial speeches delivered by prominent figures and managers, though none of the workers choose to speak. The last speaker is an Irishman who reads a poem “about trees and time” (405). Willow recognizes his voice as Baumgartner comes to stop him.

Harris is buried at the Mountain View Ceremony. Everett approaches Willow and introduces Temple Van Horne. Everett informs her that the book he was searching for was lost in a cyclone. He also reveals that Harris reached out to him at the farm, allowing them to reconcile. Willow introduces Everett to her newborn son. She makes Everett carry him despite his reluctance to do so.